Clark v. Board of Examiners
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents to count for the petitioner certain ballots for county commissioner purporting to be for “ L. Clark of Springfield,” and to notify him of his election. • At the hearing before Colt, J., the case appeared to be as follows; On November 5, 1878, an election was had for the office of county commissioner for the term of three years from January 1, 1879; and copies of the records of the votes received in the several cities…
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Petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents to count for the petitioner certain ballots for county commissioner purporting to be for “ L. Clark of Springfield,” and to notify him of his election. • At the hearing before Colt, J., the case appeared to be as follows; On November 5, 1878, an election was had for the office of county commissioner for the term of three years from January 1, 1879; and copies of the records of the votes received in the several cities and towns of the county were returned to the clerk of the courts, and by him presented to the respondents, which copies…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
The statutes require that, in all elections, “ the names of the persons voted for, the number of votes received for each person, and the title of the office for which he is proposed, shall be entered in words at length ” in the town and city records; that copies of the records of the votes for county commissioner in the several cities and towns of each county shall be returned by the city and town clerks to the clerk of the courts, and that on the first Wednesday of the month succeeding the election the board of examiners shall meet, the clerk of the courts shall present the returned copies…
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