Toporek v. Beckwith

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (John F. O’Donnell, J.), entered August 8, 2006 in a proceeding pursuant to Election Law article 16. The order granted the petition.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously reversed on the law without costs and the petition is dismissed.

Memorandum: Respondent candidates appeal from an order granting the petition seeking to invalidate their designating petition. We reverse. In support of the petition, petitioners contended, inter alia, that subscribing witness Diane Barth wrote her…