Snyder v. Callahan

An election was held at Surf City, Ocean county, at which contestant and incumbent were candidates for the office of assessor, and Joseph C. Eckert and Walter J. Donahue were candidates for the office of collector and treasurer. Callahan and Donahue each received twenty-one votes and Snyder and Eckert each received twenty votes. Snyder and Eckert started contests alleging that Mary A. Donahue and Mae Y. Donahue, who admittedly cast votes at said election for Callahan and Donahue, were not qualified voters of Surf City, and that their votes were illegal.

The facts are relatively few and are…