Brennan v. Election Commissioners

The question in this case, presented upon an answer in the nature of a demurrer to a petition for a writ of mandamus by more than ten voters of Ward 22 of the city of Boston, is whether the petitioners have a right, upon written application under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 54, § 108, to compel the respondents to furnish them copies of the voting lists showing the names of the persons checked as having voted in that ward at the city election held on November 4, 1941. The petition states that similar applications have been filed for all the wards of the city.

In our opinion the petitioners have not the…