People Ex Rel. Bradley v. . Shaw
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, made May 19, Í 892, which affirmed an order of Special Term directing' the issuing of a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the defendants, who composed the hoard of canvassers at the annual town meeting held in the town of Minerva, on the 1st day of March, 1892, to re-assemble in said town, as such board of canvassers, and declare the result of said town meeting, allowing for the…
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, made May 19, Í 892, which affirmed an order of Special Term directing' the issuing of a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the defendants, who composed the hoard of canvassers at the annual town meeting held in the town of Minerva, on the 1st day of March, 1892, to re-assemble in said town, as such board of canvassers, and declare the result of said town meeting, allowing for the relators respectively the number of votes cast for them by means of paster ballots, and directing said board to issue a…
1Opinion of the CourtG-bay, J.
These appellants composed the board of town canvassers for the town of Minerva, and, in proceedings instituted upon the application of these relators, a peremptory writ, of mandamus issued, requiring them to reassemble and to-declare the result of a town meeting, allowing to the several relators the number of votes cast for them as stated in the moving affidavits and called “ paster ballots,” and directing the board to issue a certificate of election to the candidates having the greatest number of ballots cast for them, including such “ paster ballots.”
The first objection that the relators,…
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