Matter of Goodman
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme ‘Court in the first judicial department, made January 18,1895, which affirmed an order of Special Term striking from the list or registry of voters in the twenty-fifth election district of the twenty-first assembly district in the city of Hew York the name of Henry W. Bainton.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme ‘Court in the first judicial department, made January 18,1895, which affirmed an order of Special Term striking from the list or registry of voters in the twenty-fifth election district of the twenty-first assembly district in the city of Hew York the name of Henry W. Bainton. The application was made under section 37 of chapter 275 of the Laws of 1894, which provides for the addition and cancellation of names on the registry lists. The affidavit of the applicant, after stating that he was an elector of the twenty-fifth election district of…
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
It is objected to this appeal that the question Involved has become purely abstract, since the election has passed for which the intending voter registered, and restoring his name to the registry from which it was removed would be an idle ceremony without the least practical result. But the incident is ’ of a recurring character,?: and likely to' occasion a repeated denial of the asserted right, and the point in dispute is one of public interest, and requiring official action which needs some degree of direction in view of expressed differences of opinion.
It is conceded- by the respondent…
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