In re Wilkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, William J. Wilkins, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York, denying his motion to reverse an order of the board of elections of the city of New York placing the name of George A. Loft upon the official ballot as candidate for Congress in the thirteenth Congressional district.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, P. J.:
■ Timothy D. Sullivan was duly elected Eepresentative in Congress for the thirteenth Congressional district for the term beginning March 4, 1913, and ending March 4, 1915, at the general election in November, 1912. On September 1,1913, by his death a vacancy was created in said office, and the representatives of the various parties in New York nominated candidates for Eepresentative in Congress to fill the vacancy, but the petitioner, who is a citizen and duly qualified voter within the thirteenth Congressional district of the State of New York, objected to the board of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matter of Independent NominationsNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
3Cited by2 opinions
- Engel v. Board of ElectionsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Barron v. Board of ElectionsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008