People ex rel. Squires v. Hand
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relators, George D. Squires and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Suffolk on the 23d day of August, 1912, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed, with costs, upon the opinion of Mr. Justice Putnam at Trial Term.
Jenks, P. J., Burr, Thomas, Rich and Stapleton, JJ., concurred.
The following is the opinion of Mr. Justice Putnam:
Putnam, J.:
This is a quo.warranto proceeding to determine which of two rival boards are the lawful trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of the town of Southampton. Eelators sue as successors of the board of twelve trustees, named in the *512colonial charters, having been elected at an April town meeting, as provided by these charters under a procedure continued for over two centuries.
Defendants,…
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