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In the Matter of the Application of Edwin W. Fiske for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus

181 A.D. 953·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·1917·NY

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Opinion

In the Matter of the Application of Edwin W. Fiske for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus. [MAJORITY] Motions for stays denied, without costs. Rich, Putnam and Blackmar, JJ., concurred; Jenks, P. J., and Stapleton, J., dissented upon the ground that the record fails to show that there are before the board of canvassers the data prescribed by statute that enable it to act upon the vote of the sailors, soldiers and marines in the third election district of the third ward. See Election Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 17; Laws of 1909, chap. 22), § 514, as amd. by Laws of 1917, chap. 815.— [Rep.