In re McGrath
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, Patrick J. McGrath, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of October, 1919, denying his application for an order directing the board of elections of the city of New York to cause his name to be printed on the official ballot as a candidate of the Home Rule party for the office of justice of the Municipal Court of the City of New York,…
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Appeal by the petitioner, Patrick J. McGrath, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of October, 1919, denying his application for an order directing the board of elections of the city of New York to cause his name to be printed on the official ballot as a candidate of the Home Rule party for the office of justice of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, Sixth District, at the general election to be held on the 4th day of November, 1919.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The application for an order directing the board of elections to print the name of Patrick J. McGrath on the official ballot as the candidate of the Home Rule party for justice of the Municipal Court was presented on an order to show cause, based on an affidavit made by him and on two letters from the board of elections annexed thereto. So far as material to the points presented for decision, the affidavit shows that on the 11th day of September, 1919, a certificate of independent nomination of the Home Rule League, nominating the affiant for said office, “was duly filed” with…
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