Case Name: Charles F. Fitzpatrick & others vs. Andrew F. Pope & others
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1940-12-10
Citations: 307 Mass. 611
Docket Number: 
Parties: Charles F. Fitzpatrick & others vs. Andrew F. Pope & others.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 307
Pages: 611–611

Head Matter:
Charles F. Fitzpatrick & others vs. Andrew F. Pope & others.
December 10, 1940.
D. B. McCormack, (I. L. Rosenblum with him,) for the petitioner.
G. E. Bruen, for the respondent, submitted a brief.

Opinion:
The judge was right in dismissing the petition for mandamus to require a recount of the votes for selectman. A condition of a recount is that the initial "statement" signed by voters must bear "a certificate by the registrars of voters of the number of names of subscribers which are names of registered voters in such ward or town." G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 54, § 135, as amended by St. 1933, c. 270, St. 1935, c. 59, § 1, and St. 1938, c. 250, § 1. That condition was not performed.