Perry v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action against the defendants as selectmen and town clerk of the town of New Haven, for refusing to admit the plaintiff as an elector; brought to the Court of Common Pleas.
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Action against the defendants as selectmen and town clerk of the town of New Haven, for refusing to admit the plaintiff as an elector; brought to the Court of Common Pleas. The complaint alleged that, on the 20th day of October, 1884, the plaintiff was a male citizen of the United States, twenty-five years of age; that he had resided in the state of Connecticut for one year, and in the town of New Haven for six months, next preceding that date, and that he had all the qualifications required by the constitution for becoming a voter in the town of New Haven ; that on the 16th day of October,…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The plaintiff applied to the board of registration to be admitted an elector. The board heard the evidence as to his qualifications, and refused to admit him; and that is the wrong complained of, for which this suit is brought against the members of the board. A majority of the defendants demurred to the complaint, and on that issue the case was reserved for our advice. The question relates to the residence of the plaintiff. Upon the evidence it seems clear that his only domicile was in New Haven, and that he should have been admitted. If that was the only question involved in the case the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lincoln v. HapgoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1814
- Gillespie v. PalmerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1866
- Freeman v. Selectmen & Town ClerkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1867
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