Rugg v. Clapp
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition for a writ of mandamus, brought to the Supreme Court at its May Term, 1911, and then heard on a motion to quash.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The complaint alleges that at the last annual meeting of the City of Barre the ballots cast on the question 'of granting license for the sale of intoxicating liquors were counted and declared, 770 in favor of license, and 771 against it; that two certain ballots (describing them) were thrown out as defective and not counted either way, whereas in fact they were intended as “yes” votes and should have been counted as such; that a proper canvass and count of the ballots show that the city voted for license by a majority of one; that the respondents, the assistant judges of the county, being…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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