People ex rel. Steingoetter v. Board of Canvassers
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Erie county. ' Application for peremptory writ of mandamus. Charles F. Bishop appeals from an order directing the writ to issue, and also from an order denying his motion to be made a party to the proceeding. Relator moves to dismiss the first appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The relator and Charles F. Bishop were opposing candidates for election to the office of county treasurer of Erie county at the general election held November 8, 1887. After the close of the polls, and on that day, the inspectors of the Sixth- election district of the Seventh ward of the city of Buffalo made and subscribed in duplicate what purported to be a statement of the canvass in substantially the form required by statute of the votes cast in such election district, and left such duplicate statements, for delivery to the proper officers, with one of their number, who the next day filed…
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