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The Trustees of Amherst College et al., Respondents, v. Thomas G. Ritch et al., Individually and as Trustees and Executors, etc., of Daniel B. Fayerweather, Deceased, et al., Appellants, 1897 — 152 N.Y. 627 · caselaw · US
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The Trustees of Amherst College et al., Respondents, v. Thomas G. Ritch et al., Individually and as Trustees and Executors, etc., of Daniel B. Fayerweather, Deceased, et al., Appellants
152 N.Y. 627·New York Court of Appeals·1897·NY
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The Trustees of Amherst College et al., Respondents, v. Thomas G. Ritch et al., Individually and as Trustees and Executors, etc., of Daniel B. Fayerweather, Deceased, et al., Appellants.
(Argued March 1, 1897;
decided March 9, 1897.)
Motion to amend the remittitur herein, so as to direct the justice before whom the action was tried to consider evidence concerning the releases of Mrs. Fayerweather and the next of kin, which it ivas claimed he did not consider, and to pass upon the same. (See 151 N. Y. 282.)
William Blaikie for motion.
Elihu Root, C. N. Bovee, Jr., S. B. Brownell, James L. Bishop, John E. Parsons, William B. Hornblower, M'Cready Sykes and Alfred W. Kiddle opposed.
[MAJORITY]
Motion denied, with costs.