Thacher v. Lent
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Cross-appeals by the petitioners, William H. Thacher and Charles E. Wygant, and by the intervenor, Dennis O’Neill, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester' on the 23d day of November, 1901, directing the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The court, at Special Term, made an order directing the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding the persons composing the board of inspectors of the second election district of the town of Eastehester, New York, to reconvene and sign an original statement and a certified copy of the canvass required by law giving the result of the election of November 5, 1901, “ excluding in said canvass and return, and counting no votes thereon for the office of Justice of the Peace, the ballot protested as marked for identification in the Democratic column on which, in a circle…
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