Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of R. Ethel Doyle, Respondent, to Compel the Board of Elections, Appellant, to Substitute Her as a Candidate for Election as Alternate Delegate to the Democratic State Convention from the Second Assembly District in the Place and Stead of Alexander Frontera
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1936-09-10
Citations: 248 A.D. 829
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of R. Ethel Doyle, Respondent, to Compel the Board of Elections, Appellant, to Substitute Her as a Candidate for Election as Alternate Delegate to the Democratic State Convention from the Second Assembly District in the Place and Stead of Alexander Frontera.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 248
Pages: 829–830

Head Matter:
Second Department,
September, 1936.
(September 10, 1936.)
In the Matter of the Application of R. Ethel Doyle, Respondent, to Compel the Board of Elections, Appellant, to Substitute Her as a Candidate for Election as Alternate Delegate to the Democratic State Convention from the Second Assembly District in the Place and Stead of Alexander Frontera.

Opinion:
The parties having agreed in open court that this appeal may be decided by a court of four justices, the decision is as follows: While the Court of Appeals has held that the court might relieve from certain accidents and mistakes causing delay in filing nominating certificates (Matter of Lauer v. Bd. of Elections, 262 N. Y. 416), and the same rule may apply to delay in filing declinations, the moving papers were insufficient to invoke the exercise of discretion in favor of respondent. Order reversed on the law, without costs, and motion denied, without costs. Lazansky, P. J., Young, Johnston and Taylor, JJ., concur.