State ex rel. Allee v. McCoy
Superior Court of Delaware
This was an application for a writ of mandamus to be directed to the inspectors of election of the several hundreds and election districts of Kent County, constituting the Board of Canvass of that County, to require them to reassemble and ascertain and certify the true state of the vote for officers voted for in the several hundreds and election districts of the County at the general election on the third day of November, A. D., 1896. The petition was filed in vacation, on…
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This was an application for a writ of mandamus to be directed to the inspectors of election of the several hundreds and election districts of Kent County, constituting the Board of Canvass of that County, to require them to reassemble and ascertain and certify the true state of the vote for officers voted for in the several hundreds and election districts of the County at the general election on the third day of November, A. D., 1896. The petition was filed in vacation, on November 11, 1896, and a special term of the Superior Court was called, pursuant to the statute, to meet at Dover on…
1Dissent · GrubbGrubb, J.
I feel constrained to dissent from the decision of the majority of this Court, and to state my reason for •so doing.
The counsel for the majority of the respondents have moved the Court to quash this Alternative Writ of Mandamus and have presented several grounds in support of their motion. Owing to the supposed urgency of this case, I have hot had sufficient time duly to investigate and consider all the questions of law presented at the argument yesterday, but as, in my judgment, the determination of one of these questions will, dispose of the pending motion, I will restrict myself to that…
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