Horwitz v. Reichenstein

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vanderbilt, C. J.

I

The plaintiff was a candidate for the office of ward councilman from the East Ward of Newark at the city election to be held on May 11, 1954 for the selection of a mayor, four eouncilmen at large and five ward chairmen, one of whom is to be chosen from each of the five wards set up for that purpose under the Mayor-Council Plan C of the Faulkner Act, N. J. S. A. 40:69A-55 to 40:69A-60.

In his petition for nomination the plaintiff gave as his address 168 Adams Street in the East Ward, but the superintendent of elections ruled that his…