Langhammer v. Munter

Citations

• 80 Md. 518
• 27 L.R.A. 330
• 31 A. 300
• 1895 Md. LEXIS 6

Syllabus

<p>Residence of Voters — Effect of Registration — Constitution, Article 1, Section 1.</p> <p>The entries made by a Register of Voters concerning the qualifications of a voter, are the findings of an officer charged with the duty of ascertaining their correctness, and they should not be disturbed until their falsity is established by evidence.</p> <p>It is not necessary, under Constitution, Art. 1, sec. 1, that a voter should have the same fixed house of residence for the prescribed period of six months; it is sufficient if he resides anywhere, or in any number of places, within the voting district for the required time.</p> <p>Temporary absence from one’s home, with a continuous intention to return, will not deprive one of his residence.</p> <p>Upon a petition to strike from the registry list the name of a certain voter, registered as having lived for four years in a certain ward, the evidence showed that his name was not upon the police census of voters; that he did not live at the particular house given as his residence, but had occasionally slept there and had received the permis-*' sion of the occupier of the house, who had known him for years, to register therefrom; that a subpoena for him had been returned non est, and that he was a seafaring man. Held, that the evidence was not sufficient to authorize the Court to strike his name from the list of voters.</p>