Board of Supervisors of Elections v. Weiss

On May 5, 1958, a majority of this Court, being of the opinion that the writ of mandamus was properly issued by the Baltimore City Court, filed a per curiam order affirming the ruling of Judge Warnken in this case. We set forth below our reasons for so doing.

Harold M. Weiss and others (the petitioners) are registered voters and candidates for public office who challenged the registration of 219 other voters in one of the election precincts in Baltimore City. Alleging that the challenged voters had not lived in the precinct within the past six months because their homes had been razed to make…