Grelle v. Pinney
Supreme Court of Connecticut
New Haven & Fairfield Cos., Jan. T., 1893. Andrews, C. J., Carpenter, Torrance, Fenn and Prentice, Js. Petition to Thayer, J., under Gen. Statutes, § 58, which authorizes a judge of the Superior Court, on petition, to hear and decide upon contested claims to city and town offices. The offices in question were those of selectmen of the town of Waterbury.
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New Haven & Fairfield Cos., Jan. T., 1893. Andrews, C. J., Carpenter, Torrance, Fenn and Prentice, Js. Petition to Thayer, J., under Gen. Statutes, § 58, which authorizes a judge of the Superior Court, on petition, to hear and decide upon contested claims to city and town offices. The offices in question were those of selectmen of the town of Waterbury. The judge made a finding of facts and held upon the facts that Edgar W. Pinney, one of the respondents, was elected a selectman, and that George A. Boughton, the other respondent, was not elected. The plaintiff and Boughton severally appealed…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The territorial limits of the city of Waterbury are not co-extensive with those of the town of Waterbury. The city is divided into four wards; the town into four voting districts. Each town voting district contains all the territory of a similarly numbered city ward, and other territory lying without the city limits. On the first Monday of October, 1892, pursuant to statute, there was held the annual town meeting for the choice of town officers. On the same day, pursuant to the city charter, occurred the annual city election for the choice of city officers. The two elections were entirely…
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