MATTER OF RIVERA v. NORTHRUP


26 A.D.2d 612 (1966)

In the Matter of Edwin S. Rivera et al., Respondents, v. Robert W. Northrup et al., as Commissioners of The Board of Elections of Monroe County, Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

June 20, 1966


Judgment unanimously reversed, without costs, and application denied.

Memorandum:

Relief may be granted in the nature of mandamus to compel the performance of ministerial acts by Commissioners of Election pursuant to article 78 of CPLR. Included in such ministerial acts is the clerical determination by the Commissioners as to whether petitions have been signed by a sufficient number of qualified voters. (Cf. Matter of Mansfield v. Epstein,

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