Hanlon v. Partridge
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, foi’ willfully and maliciously neglecting and refusing to place the plaintiffs’ names upon the check-list for Ward 3 in Concord. The actions were tried together by the court, and in each of them there was a verdict for the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
These are actions on the case against the defend-. ants, supervisors of the check-list, of Ward 3 in Concord, for willfully and maliciously neglecting and refusing to insert the .plaintiffs’ names on the list of voters at the state biennial election, holden November 6,1894, whereby the plaintiffs, being duly qualified to vote, were deprived of the right of suffrage. The defendants filed a general demurrer in each case, admitting all facts that were well pleaded and denying the plaintiffs’ right to recover, as matter of law. Subject to exception, the court overruled the demurrers and denied…
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