In re Contest of the Election of Ray

Pkoctoe, G. C. J.

Eighteen residents and legal voters of the Borough of Paulsboro, County of Gloucester, filed a petition in tbis court praying that the election of George R. Ray to the Borough Council of the Borough of Paulsboro be annulled and that “* * * George L. Brown, the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes, be declared elected and a certificate of election be issued to him; or that the said office of Borough Councilman of the Borough of Paulsboro be declared to be vacant.”

The petition alleges that at the time of the election George R. Ray was not eligible to fill the…