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In the Matter of the Application of Charles B. Barfield, for an Order Directing the Board of Elections of the City of New York, and the Commissioners Thereof, to Receive and File the Certificates of Nomination, etc. Member of Assembly, Twenty-second Assembly District
180 A.D. 911·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·1917·NY
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Opinion
In the Matter of the Application of Charles B. Barfield, for an Order Directing the Board of Elections of the City of New York, and the Commissioners Thereof, to Receive and File the Certificates of Nomination, etc. Member of Assembly, Twenty-second Assembly District.
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Order reversed, on the ground that the vote cast for Governor at the last gubernatorial election in the twenty-second Assembly district was 15,272, of which five per cent is 763, while the petition of the respondent contains 589 subscribers only, which is insufficient for the reasons stated in opinion per curiam in Matter of Richards (179 App. Div. 823), decided herewith. Jenks, P. J., Stapleton, Putnam and Blackmar, JJ., concurred.