In re Schoonmaker

Melvin D. Schoonmaker, the petitioner herein, at the regular village election held on March 19, 1940, in the village of Ellenville, county of Ulster, State of New York, was a candidate for the office of police justice. He was a candidate of the “ Independent Democrats,” and by their petition this group selected and designated as their emblem for their party an open or hollow square. The petitioner herein acquiesced in the selection and designation of this emblem as a symbol of the ideals of his candidacy, with no premonition as to the resultant confusion, distress and misfortune to be caused…