MATTER OF LAMULA v. POWER


13 N.Y.2d 873 (1963)

In the Matter of John Lamula, Appellant, v. James M. Power et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, and Joseph Murphy et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided August 30, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Leff for appellant.

Joseph E. Ruggiero and Robert J. Feldman for objectors-respondents.

Samuel D. Smoleff for Citizens Union and another, amici curiæ.

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


Order reversed and the prayer of the petition granted, without costs. We hold that there was no substantial violation of the requirement of section 135 of the Election Law that the pages of such a petition be "numbered consecutively". We hold, also, that, under all the circumstances, the objectors were properly before the court...

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