MATTER OF AMBRO v. COVENEY


20 N.Y.2d 850 (1967)

In the Matter of Jerome A. Ambro, Jr., et al., Respondents, v. Frank Coveney et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the County of Suffolk, and James Hartnett, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 26, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Tanenbaum for appellant.

Andrew E. Ullman for respondents.

Concur: Judges VAN VOORHIS, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING and BREITEL. Dissent: Chief Judge FULD and Judge BURKE.


Order reversed, without costs, and matter remanded to Special Term for further proceedings in accordance with the memorandum herein: We treat the appellant's cross motion in the proceeding, then properly pending in the court, as a substantial compliance with the requirements of section 335 of the Election Law as to form and timeliness of assertion. This assertion was served and filed before the time for the commencement of a proceeding had expired and, indeed, before the...

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