People ex rel. Watkins v. Board of Canvassers
New York Supreme Court
This is an application by the above-named Thomas D. Watkins, under section 114 of the Election Law, for a writ of peremptory mandamus to compel the board of canvassers of Oneida county to recount certain ballots claimed to have been cast in said county which were counted although objected to; and certain other ballots which were returned as defective and not counted.
1Opinion of the CourtHiscock, J.
This proceeding involves a contest over the office of state senator for the thirty-fourth senatorial district, comprising the county of Oneida, the relator Watkins being one candidate and the defendant Coggeshall the other. It is claimed by the relator that certain ballots which were objected to as marked for identification and as defective have been erroneously counted and that certain other ballots have been returned as marked for identification and defective and erroneously not counted, and upon these general claims it is sought to obtain a writ of peremptory mandamus to, in effect, review…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The People v. . WalkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Mowry v. . SanbornNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- People ex rel. Rau v. YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Parrish v. ParrishAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by3 opinions
- Matter of Whitman. No. 1New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- In re GabelmannNew York Supreme Court · 1930
- In re FunkhouserNew York Supreme Court · 1935