Word: mandamus
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...case was kindly undertaken for the Wilson Club by Mr. R. S. Hoar '09, attorney at law with the firm of Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter, of Boston, and a petition for mandamus was brought to compel the assessors and registrars to assess and register the petitioner. Justice Braley has given the assessors and registrars until April 1 to assess and register Warfield and pay all expenses of the petitioners. If this is not done by that date, he will issue the writ. It is thought unlikely that the city authorities will in this case appeal to the full bench...
...CRIMSON wishes to call the attention of students to a case now pending before the Circuit Court of Essex Country. An application has been made for a writ of mandamus to compel the election board of Cambridge to permit students who are not self-supporting to register and vote at elections. Those who are self-supporting already have this privilege, provided they comply with the other requirements of the law. Heretofore, every other student has been excluded from suffrage on the ground of non-residence, being adjudged a resident of the district where his parents live. Owing to its importance...