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Harry E. Colwell, Appellant, v. Maria Melissa Tompkins, Respondent, 1899 — 158 N.Y. 690 · caselaw · US
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Harry E. Colwell, Appellant, v. Maria Melissa Tompkins, Respondent
158 N.Y. 690·New York Court of Appeals·1899·NY
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Opinion
Harry E. Colwell, Appellant, v. Maria Melissa Tompkins, Respondent.
(Submitted January 25, 1899;
decided February 28, 1899.)
Appeal from a judgment and order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered in June, 1896, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a nonsuit, and an order denying a motion for a new trial.
Colwell v. Tompkins, 6 App. Div. 93, affirmed.
C. H. & J. A. Young & Terry for appellant.
Cornelius E. Kene for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment and order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
All concur.