Ledgerwood v. Pitts

The fundamental question presented on this record is in respect of the constitutionality of chapter 102 of the Acts of 1909, popularly known as the “Primary Election Law.” The bill was exhibited by complainants, as citizens and taxpayers of the State, against the members of the State Democratic and Republican *576boards of primary election commissioners, for the purpose of enjoining defendant commissioners from exercising their functions and having their salaries and expenses incurred by them in the execution of the act paid out of the funds of the State, on the ground that the act creating said…