Conaty v. Gardner
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition alleging the due election of the plaintiff as aider-man of the city of Derby, and .praying for a certificate thereof,, brought to and heard by the Hon. Milton A. Shwmway, a judge of the Superior Court; facts found and judgment rendered. for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
This is a petition brought to a judge of the Superior Court under § 58 of the Gen. Sts. (Rev. 1902, § 1823), in which the petitioner claims that at a special election held on the first Monday of October, 1901, in the city of Derby, in accordance with the provisions of an Act amending its charter, passed in 1891, he was elected one of the aldermen of the second ward of said city, but was not declared elected.
The facts alleged in support of the petitioner’s claim are, in brief, that by the provisions of the city charter two persons only were to be elected aldermen of said second ward ; that of…
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