In re the Designation of Swarthout
New York Supreme Court
Petition of Charles' P. Ratigan, who is the regularly designated candidate for the position of member of the Democratic state committee of the fortieth senatorial district, asking that the secretary of state be enjoined from certifying the candidacy of Charles H. Swarthout for such position.
1Opinion of the CourtChester, J.
There was received at the office of the secretary of state on March 11, 1912, the last day under the law for filing designations for party nominations (Election Law, § 49, subd. 2, as amd. by Laws of 1911, chap. 891), a petition designating Charles H. Swarthout as a Democratic candidate for member of the state committee for the fortieth senatorial district, composed of the counties of Cayuga, Seneca and Cortland. The petition came in two parts, one from Seneca county, containing 241 names, and one from Cayuga, containing 191 names, a total of 432; none came from Cortland county. On March…
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