Pearson v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Virginia
Petition for an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Brunswick county, in a suit in chancery, wherein the petitioners were the complainants and the Board of Supervisors of Brunswick county and others were the defendants.
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Petition for an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Brunswick county, in a suit in chancery, wherein the petitioners were the complainants and the Board of Supervisors of Brunswick county and others were the defendants. The object of this suit is to test the validity of an act of the General;Assembly, approved March 6, 1894, entitled, “An act to provide for the method of voting by ballot. ’ ’ The sections of the act which were drawn in question are 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1-3, and 15, and are in the following words: “ 3. The ballot shall be a white paper ticket, containing the names of…
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiffs filed their bill in the Circuit Court of Brunswick, alleging that they are citizens and taxpayers of that county, and that they are duly qualified voters under the Constituton of the State of Yirginia. They allege that on the 6th of November, 1894, that being the day fixed by law for the purpose, an election was held at the various precincts in the county of Brunswick, as well as throughout the Fourth Congressional District of Yirginia, for the election of a Representative in the Congress of the United States, which election was held…
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- Ex parte DoyleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
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