General
In the Matter of the Application of Peter J. McGuinness, James V. Mangano, Louis Goldstein, Franklin Taylor, Francis D. McGarey and John Cashmore, Appellants, for an Order Directing S. Howard Cohen, as President of the Board of Elections of the City of New York, and Jacob A. Livingston and Others, Constituting the Board of Elections in the City of New York, Respondents, to Declare Invalid a Certain Document Purporting to Be an Independent Nominating Petition Filed for or on Behalf of the United City Party, Containing the Names of Matthew J. Troy, as Candidate for Borough President of the Borough of Brooklyn; William Stanley Miller, as Candidate for Surrogate of the County of Kings; Abner C. Surpless, Jacob A. Freedman and Benjamin Brenner, as Candidates for Judge of the County Court of the County of Kings; Robert J. Crews, as Candidate for Sheriff of the County of Kings, and Carmine A. Ventiera, as Candidate for Register of the County of Kings, Filed with the Respondents on October 7, 1941, Respondents
262 A.D. 1047·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·1941·NY
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Opinion
In the Matter of the Application of Peter J. McGuinness, James V. Mangano, Louis Goldstein, Franklin Taylor, Francis D. McGarey and John Cashmore, Appellants, for an Order Directing S. Howard Cohen, as President of the Board of Elections of the City of New York, and Jacob A. Livingston and Others, Constituting the Board of Elections in the City of New York, Respondents, to Declare Invalid a Certain Document Purporting to Be an Independent Nominating Petition Filed for or on Behalf of the United City Party, Containing the Names of Matthew J. Troy, as Candidate for Borough President of the Borough of Brooklyn; William Stanley Miller, as Candidate for Surrogate of the County of Kings; Abner C. Surpless, Jacob A. Freedman and Benjamin Brenner, as Candidates for Judge of the County Court of the County of Kings; Robert J. Crews, as Candidate for Sheriff of the County of Bangs, and Carmine A. Ventiera, as Candidate for Register of the County of Kings, Filed with the Respondents on October 7, 1941, Respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal dismissed, without costs. No opinion. Hagarty, Carswell, Adel, Taylor and .Close, JJ., concur.