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In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Byron D. McAlpine et al., as Executors, etc.; Byron D. McAlpine et al., as Executors, etc., Appellants, v. Charles B. Potter, Respondent, 1889 — 113 N.Y. 658 · caselaw · US
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In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Byron D. McAlpine et al., as Executors, etc.; Byron D. McAlpine et al., as Executors, etc., Appellants, v. Charles B. Potter, Respondent
113 N.Y. 658·New York Court of Appeals·1889·NY
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In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Byron D. McAlpine et al., as Executors, etc. Byron D. McAlpine et al., as Executors, etc., Appellants, v. Charles B. Potter, Respondent.
(Argued April 18, 1889;
decided May 3, 1889.)
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, made March 27, 1888, which reversed a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Monroe county upon a judicial settlement of the accounts of the executors of Henry S. Potter, deceased.
Spencer Clinton for appellants.
S. D. Bentley for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal dismissed on argument.