Attorney-General Ex Rel. Gregg v. Sands
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Information, in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by the attorney-general, alleging the relator’s election to the office of mayor of Nashua and the defendant’s usurpation of the office. The question, which of the candidates received a plurality of' votes, was contested, and the city councils in convention heard the parties and determined it in favor of the defendant.
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Information, in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by the attorney-general, alleging the relator’s election to the office of mayor of Nashua and the defendant’s usurpation of the office. The question, which of the candidates received a plurality of' votes, was contested, and the city councils in convention heard the parties and determined it in favor of the defendant. The-relator claimed that certain ballots counted by the convention for the defendant were not properly marked as votes for him, and that, if they were rejected, the relator was elected.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam. *
It is provided in P. S., c. 47, s. 2, that, “The city councils shall meet in convention on the day appointed by law or ordinance for that purpose, and the city clerk, having entered upon the record the number of votes given in each ward for every person voted for as mayor, shall lay before the convention the returns of such votes, and the convention shall examine the same and declare the person who has the largest number of votes to be elected mayor and cause him to be notified of his election.” Section 3 provides that, “In case the election of mayor is contested, the city…
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