Beauchemin v. Flagg
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed on March 20,1917, by ten qualified voters of the town of Hubbardston for a writ of mandamus addressed to J. Frank Flagg, the moderator of the annual town meeting held on February 5, 1917, and William H. Wheeler, the town clerk of Hubbardston, commanding them to make a recount for school committee, counting as blank seven ballots which at the town meeting were counted for Maud Vanston Lufkin as a member of the school committee and declaring George H. Helton,…
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Petition, filed on March 20,1917, by ten qualified voters of the town of Hubbardston for a writ of mandamus addressed to J. Frank Flagg, the moderator of the annual town meeting held on February 5, 1917, and William H. Wheeler, the town clerk of Hubbardston, commanding them to make a recount for school committee, counting as blank seven ballots which at the town meeting were counted for Maud Vanston Lufkin as a member of the school committee and declaring George H. Helton, the opposing candidate, to have been elected a member of the school committee. The case was heard by Carroll, J., who…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
At the annual town meeting in Hubbardston Maud Vanston Lufkin was a candidate for the school committee. On the original count and at the recount she was declared elected. Seven of the ballots counted for her were marked, each with a cross against her name and between the square and her name, but not in the square. If these seven ballots are not counted for her George H. Kelton, her opponent, will be elected. The single justice before whom the petition for a writ of mandamus was heard, found as a fact that it was the intention of the voter in each case to vote for Maud Vanston Lufkin. He ruled…
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