Conger v. Convery
Supreme Court of New Jersey
In matter of contested election. The following is the case certified from the Middlesex Circuit Court: A petition, of which a copy is hereto annexed, was presented in the Middlesex county Circuit Court on the 12th 'day of November, 1889, by John H. Conger, contestant, against Patrick Convery, incumbent, duly verified and endorsed by more than fifteen qualified electors of the county of Middlesex, as required by “An act to regulate elections v (Rev., p. 337, § 104), which…
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In matter of contested election. The following is the case certified from the Middlesex Circuit Court: A petition, of which a copy is hereto annexed, was presented in the Middlesex county Circuit Court on the 12th 'day of November, 1889, by John H. Conger, contestant, against Patrick Convery, incumbent, duly verified and endorsed by more than fifteen qualified electors of the county of Middlesex, as required by “An act to regulate elections v (Rev., p. 337, § 104), which petition is made a part of this ' state of the case; whereupon the court appointed December 3d, 1889, as a suitable time…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Beasley, Chief Justice.
By the constitution of this state the judicial power is declared to be vested “in a Court of Errors and Appeals in the last resort in all causes, as heretofore ; a court for the trial of impeachments; a Court of Chancery; a Prerogative Court; a Supreme Court; Circuit Courts, and such inferior courts as now exist, and as may be-hereafter ordained and established by law, which inferior courts-the legislature may alter or abolish, as the public good may require.”
It will be observed that, in this description, no attempt is-made to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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