People Ex Rel. Nichols v. Board of County Canvassers
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the tliird judicial department, made December 8, 1891, which affirmed an order of Special Term directing that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue to the board of county canvassers of Onondaga county to reconvene and recanvass the votes cast in said county for state senator, and to exclude from their computation the votes cast for Rufus T. Peck certain votes not properly indorsed.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the tliird judicial department, made December 8, 1891, which affirmed an order of Special Term directing that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue to the board of county canvassers of Onondaga county to reconvene and recanvass the votes cast in said county for state senator, and to exclude from their computation the votes cast for Rufus T. Peck certain votes not properly indorsed. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinions. Sections 1, 2, chapter 460, Laws of 1880, permitting the board of county canvassers to be…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The Supreme Court has awarded a peremptory writ of mandamus, directed to the board of supervisors of Onondaga county as a board of county canvassers, commanding them to reject and exclude from their statement and computation of the votes cast for Rufus T. Peck, in that county, for the office of senator for the 25th senatorial district, composed of the counties of Onondaga and Cortland, at the last general election held on the third of November last, certain…
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