Legal Opinion
Lane v. Johnson
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 23, 1940PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lehman, Ch. J.
At the general election held on November 2, 1937, the plaintiff William E. Lane, Jr., was elected Supervisor and the plaintiff S. Allen Mead was elected Town Clerk of the town of Cortlandt. Their terms of office expired on December 31, 1939. At the general election held on November 7, 1939, at which their successors were to be elected, they were not candidates for re-election; but they claim that at that election no other persons were validly elected to the offices they had held and that they may “ continue to discharge the duties of their respective offices after the expiration…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- People Ex Rel. Goring v. President & Board of TrusteesNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- People Ex Rel. Village of Brockport v. SutphinNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Olds v. City of JamestownNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
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