McDonald v. Heffernan
| Citation | 88 N.E.2d 722,300 N.Y. 488 |
| Parties | Miles F. McDONALD, et al., Respondents, v. William J. HEFFERNAN, et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, et al., Defendants, et al., Appellants. |
| Decision Date | 21 October 1949 |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
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Appeal from Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, 275 App.Div. 1054, 92 N.Y.S.2d 426.
Consolidated proceedings in the matter of the application of Miles F. McDonald, individually and as the nominee of the Democratic Party, Kings County, for the public office of District Attorney of Kings County and others, petitioners, against William J. Heffernan and others, constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York and others, for an order enjoining and restraining the Board of Elections from printing and placing upon the ballots and voting machines in the general election to be held on November 8, 1949, as the nominees of the American Labor Party for the public office of District Attorney, Kings County, the name of Edmund H. H. Caddy, and for the public office of Representative in Congress, Tenth Congressional District, the name of Max Torchin. Edmund H. H. Caddy, and others, individually and as chairman of the County Committee, Kings County, of the American Labor Party, and as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the County Committee of Kings County of the American Labor Party, elected on or about August 11, 1947; and Lester Zirin, the County Committee of the American Labor Party, Kings County, elected in the primary election held on September 6, 1949, appeared as respondents.
Judgment of the Supreme Court of Kings County holding void the action of the Executive Committee of the County Committee of the American Labor Party in making the nomination, on the ground that the Executive Committee had no power to act after the term of office of the County Committee of which it was a subcommittee had expired, 196 Misc. 465, 92 N.Y.S.2d 382, was affirmed by the Appellate Division, 275 App.Div. 1054, 92 N.Y.S.2d 426, and the candidate Edmund H. H. Caddy and others appeal by permission of the Appellate Division.In each proceeding:
Order affirmed without costs.
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