| Reference Number | RCPI/5/4/4/4 |
| Title | Cases regarding legality of method of election of Fellows |
| Date | 1871-1873 |
| Creator Name | King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland |
| Dowse, Richard, 1824-1890 |
| Law, Hugh, 1818-1883 |
| FitzGibbon, Gerald, 1837-1909 |
| Description | In 1869 Dr Stephen Myles MacSwiney took a case to the Court of Visitors (RCPI/1/4/5) claiming that the by-law of the College that insisted all elections be held by secret ballot and the by-law that stated that one dissenting voice in five could prevent an election were illegal and invalid. MacSwiney won his case and the visitors ruled that the by-laws were illegal. These papers relate to a series of cases presented for counsels opinion on the legality of the ruling and what steps the College should take to regulate future elections. |
| Extent | 6 items |
| Term | Counsels opinion |