Wright v. Lee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

On June 26th, 1940, there were filed with the clerk of the City of Bayonne petitions purporting to bear the signatures of 5,697 “legal voters” of the municipality, requesting the clerk to call a special election on the question of the adoption by the municipality of the act providing for the municipal manager form of government (R. S. 1937, 40:79-1, el seq.); and the clerk, on July 20th ensuing, “determined not to call” such election “for the reason that said petitions” did “not comply with the requirements” of section 40:80-l of the cited…