Matter of Ahern v. . Elder
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 11, 1909, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the respondents, as inspectors of election, to add the relator’s name to the register of electors. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 11, 1909, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the respondents, as inspectors of election, to add the relator’s name to the register of electors. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Article 2 of chapter 909 of the Laws of Mew York of 1896, and the various acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, is unconstitutional and void because contrary to the provisions of sections 1 and 4 of…
1Opinion of the CourtWerner, J.
The respondents are the inspectors of election in the fourth election district of the twenty-fifth assern bly district, in the county of New York, and the relator is an elector in that district. On the 10th day of October, 1908, which was one of the regular registration days fixed by statute, these inspectors of election convened as a board of registry ' at No. 99 Greenwich avenue, in the election district referred to, and the relator presented himself for registration. Upon the relator’s request .his name was placed upon the register, and he was asked certain questions touching his…
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