Howard v. Harrington
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Petitions brought under provisions of Revised Statutes, chapter 6, section 70, to determine the results of the municipal election March, 1915, in the city of Rockland, so far as it concerns the election of mayor and one alderman. Case reported to Law Court on so much of the evidence as legally admissible. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
These petitions are brought under the provisions of Revised Statutes, chapter 6, section 70, to determine the results of the election, March 1, 1915, in the city of Rockland, so far as concerns the mayor and one alderman.
I. The Howard Petition.
The petitioner and the respondent were both candidates for the office of mayor. The respondent was declared elected. The petitioner claims that a majority of the legal ballots were cast for him, but that the counting officers refused to count ballots, on the ground that they were defective, that should have been counted for him, and counted defective…
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