In re the election of Directors of The Chenango County Mutual Insurance
New York Supreme Court
This was a motion to set aside the election of seven directors of the company, declared by the inspectors of the annual election held in September, 1838, to have been duly elected.
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This was a motion to set aside the election of seven directors of the company, declared by the inspectors of the annual election held in September, 1838, to have been duly elected. The grounds relied upon in support of the motion, were the following: 1. That the inspectors were net sworn faithfully to perform the duties of their appointment; 2. That one of the inspectors was an officer of the company; 3. That the election was improperly conducted, inasmuch as the polls were kept open seven days, and when closed, were closed at an earlier hour of the day than had been anticipated from the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Nelson, Ch. J.
The first ground relied on in support of this motion, viz. that the inspectors were not sworn according to the directions of the statute, 1 R. S. 604, § 7, is not in itself sufficient to destroy the election, as was recently held in the case of the Mohawk, and Hudson Rail Road Company, ante, 135.
As to the second objection : This company by its charter is subject to all the restrictions and limitations imposed upon the Jefferson County Mutual Insurance Company. And that corporation is subject to the provisions of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of the…
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