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In the Matter of the Accounting of Rita W. De Voe, as Administratrix with the Will Annexed of Charles P. Ebbets, Deceased, Respondent. James E. Ebbets et al., Appellants; Fred E. Payne et al., Respondents, 1906 — 185 N.Y. 536 · caselaw · US
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In the Matter of the Accounting of Rita W. De Voe, as Administratrix with the Will Annexed of Charles P. Ebbets, Deceased, Respondent. James E. Ebbets et al., Appellants; Fred E. Payne et al., Respondents
185 N.Y. 536·New York Court of Appeals·1906·NY
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In the Matter of the Accounting of Rita W. De Voe, as Administratrix with the Will Annexed of Charles P. Ebbets, Deceased, Respondent. James E. Ebbets et al., Appellants; Fred E. Payne et al., Respondents.
Matter of De Voe, 107 App. Div. 945, affirmed.
(Argued April 16, 1906;
decided May 1, 1906.)
Appeal' from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered August .9,1905,"which affirmed a decree of the .Kings County Surrogate’s Court directing distribution of the estate of Charles P. Ebbets, deceased.
Alfred G. Reeves for appellants.
Joseph G. Williamson, Jr., for Fred E. Payne et al., respondents.
Clarence L. Barber and William P. Burr for Walter E. Ebbets et al., respondents.
William W. Butcher for Henry V. Ebbets, respondent.
James A. Dayton and Alfred M. Bailey for The Estates Settlement Company, respondent.
A. B. Carrington for Rita W. De Voe, administratrix, respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, witli costs to all parties appearing by counsel upon the argument to be paid out of the fund; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Haight, Vann and Chase, JJ. Not voting: Edward T. Bartlett, J. Not sitting: Willard Bartlett, J.