Legal Opinion

In re Folks

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 23, 1909PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from orders of the Supreme Court made at, the Hew York Special Term.

1Per curiam

The court is clearly of the opinion that when a body of voters meet together for the purpose of inaugurating a movement to nominate an independent candidate for election, and a committee is appointed which adopts an emblem and a name, and subsequently files petitions naming a candidate for the head of the ticket, and a committee is appointed to have charge of the canvass and nominations, the emblem and name adopted by that committee and by the persons representing it are to be used and to be considered as belonging to that movement. It then becomes a question of good faith as to whether or…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Matter of Trosk v. CohenNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
  2. In re WechslerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  3. Rosett v. HeffernanNew York Supreme Court · 1946
  4. In re O'BrienAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912

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