General
In the Matter of the Application of Robert T. Bess, Appellant, for the Determination of the Court as to the Validity of the Petitions Purporting to Designate Candidates for the Republican Party Positions of County Committeemen in the 1st to the 14th Election Districts, Inclusive, and the 46th to the 53rd Election Districts, Inclusive, of the 21st Assembly District, New Yark County, and Which Petitions Bear the Names of Robert T. Bass, Joseph P. McCole and Freda Ducker, as a Committee to Fill Vacancies
257 A.D. 1069·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·1939·NY
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Opinion
(September 16, 1939.)
In the Matter of the Application of Robert T. Bess, Appellant, for the Determination of the Court as to the Validity of the Petitions Purporting to Designate Candidates for the Republican Party Positions of County Committeemen in the 1st to the 14th Election Districts, Inclusive, and the 46th to the 53rd Election Districts, Inclusive, of the 21st Assembly District, New Yark County, and Which Petitions Bear the Names of Robert T. Bass, Joseph P. McCole and Freda Ducker, as a Committee to Fill Vacancies.
[MAJORITY]
Order unanimously reversed and the motion granted in so far as to direct the board of elections to print upon the official primary ballots in all the said election districts except the 47th and 49th the names of the candidates for county committeemen appearing on the petitions which bear the names Robert T. Bess, Joseph P. McCole and Freda Ducker as a committee to. fill vacancies, upon the ground that the record fails to disclose a sufficient basis for the action of the board of elections in rejecting the petitions or for the order of the court in upholding the board’s action. Present — O’Malley, Glennon, Dore, Cohn and Callahan, JJ.