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Mary A. Williams et al., as Executors of Charles N. Williams, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. The Board of Canvassers of the County of Essex, Respondent, 1905 — 183 N.Y. 538 · caselaw · US
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Mary A. Williams et al., as Executors of Charles N. Williams, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. The Board of Canvassers of the County of Essex, Respondent
183 N.Y. 538·New York Court of Appeals·1905·NY
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Opinion
Mary A. Williams et al., as Executors of Charles N. Williams, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. The Board of Canvassers of the County of Essex, Respondent.
(Argued November 20, 1905;
decided December 5, 1905.)
People ex rel. Williams v. Bd. of Canvassers, 105 App. Div. 197, affirmed.
Appeal from, an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 6, 1905, which reversed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant board to reconvene and correct certain alleged errors in its canvass of votes cast at the election of 1904 and denied such motion.
Richard L. Hand and Francis A. Smith for appellants.
Edward T. Stokes and R. Corbin, for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., G-ray, O’Brien, Bartlett, Haight, Vann and Werner, JJ.