Stothers v. Martini

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vanderbilt, C. J.

The City of Passaic is a municipality having a commission form of government under the provisions of the Walsh Act (B. S. 40 :72-l ei seq.) and the plaintiffs are all citizens, residents and qualified voters of the. city. On December 8, 1950, the plaintiff, John Stothers, submitted for filing to the defendant, Anthony Martini, the clerk of the city, duty executed petitions for his nomination for the office of commissioner to be voted for at an election to be held on May 8, 1951. Among those signing the petitions were the plaintiffs,…