Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Smith O'Brien et al., Appellants, to Review the Attempted Nomination of Gilbert D. B. Hasbrouck, Respondent, for the Office of Justice of the Supreme Court for the Third Judicial District, under the Name and Emblem of the National Progressive Party; In the Matter of the Objections of John J. Linson et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1912-10-25
Citations: 206 N.Y. 694
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Smith O’Brien et al., Appellants, to Review the Attempted Nomination of Gilbert D. B. Hasbrouck, Respondent, for the Office of Justice of the Supreme Court for the Third Judicial District, under the Name and Emblem of the National Progressive Party. In the Matter of the Objections of John J. Linson et al., Appellants.
Judges: Gray, Haight, Chase and Collin, JJ., concur for affirmance; Cullen, Ch. J., reads dissenting opinion, and Vann and Werner, JJ., concur.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 206
Pages: 694–701

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Smith O’Brien et al., Appellants, to Review the Attempted Nomination of Gilbert D. B. Hasbrouck, Respondent, for the Office of Justice of the Supreme Court for the Third Judicial District, under the Name and Emblem of the National Progressive Party. In the Matter of the Objections of John J. Linson et al., Appellants.
(Argued October 24, 1912;
decided October 25, 1912.)
Election Law — independent nomination.
People ex rel. Hotchkiss v. Smith (206 N. Y. 231), approved and followed as to number of signatures necessary for independent nomination for justice of Supreme Court.
Matter of O'Brien, 152 App. Div. 856, affirmed.
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered October 23,1912, which affirmed an order of Special Term overruling objections to an independent- certificate of nomination of Gilbert D. B. Hasbrouck for the office of justice of the Supreme Court.
William M. Chadbourne and Neile F. Towner for petitioners, appellants.
Howard Chipp for John J. Linson, appellant.
A. T. Clearwater for Gilbert D. B. Hasbrouck, respondent.
Thomas Carmody, Attorney-General, for secretary of state.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The prevailing opinion of the Appellate Division expressed the conclusion that the certificate of nomination attacked in this proceeding did not have the number of signers required by the statute, and proceeded to discuss the questions involved upon the merits because such alleged defect in the certificate had been waived by the interested parties. We disapprove that conclusion upon the authority of People ex rel. Hotchkiss v. Smith (206 N. Y. 231), recently decided by us. We approve the reasoning of that opinion upon the merits of the controversy presented by these appeals and affirm the order of the Appellate Division thereon, with costs.