Fields v. Osborne
Supreme Court of Connecticut
PETITION to J. M. Hall, Junder Gen. Statutes, § 58, which authorizes a judge of the Superior Court, on petition, to hear and decide upon contested claims to city and town offices. Facts found and case reserved for advice. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSeymouii, J.
This petition was brought under section fifty-
eight of the General Statutes. The petitioner alleges that he was a candidate for selectman at the annual meeting of the town of Branford held on the first Monday of October, 1890; that he verily believes he received a sufficient number of votes to elect him; that he was not declared elected, but; on the contrary, the respondents were declared elected selectmen for the then ensuing year.
The facts upon which his claim is based, so far as they are important to the decision of the case, are in the petition stated as follows: — That more than one…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Talcott v. PhilbrickSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
3Cited by13 opinions
- Nader v. SchafferDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1976
- People Ex Rel. Nichols v. Board of County CanvassersNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Phelan v. Walsh &8212 Sanger v. HenrySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1892
- Taylor v. BleakleySupreme Court of Kansas · 1895
- Mills v. GaynorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
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