MATTER OF HOOPER v. POWER, 12 N.Y.2d 764 (1962)

234 N.Y.S.2d 716, 186 N.E.2d 565

In the Matter of BARBARA S. HOOPER, Appellant, v. JAMES M. POWER et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, and PIERCE PALEY et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.Argued October 30, 1962
Decided November 1, 1962

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, MORRIS E. SPECTOR, J.

Page 765

Malcolm S. Mason for appellant.

S. William Green for respondent.

Order affirmed, without costs. We hold that the signatures in the group containing 184 signatures were valid (see Matter of Di Crocco v. Power, 12 N.Y.2d 762, decided herewith) and that the signatures in the groups containing 220 and 156 signatures respectively were valid for the reasons stated in the majority opinion at the Appellate Division. No opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER.

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