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Mary Harris, Appellant, v. Charles H. Taylor et al., Defendants; William C. Lesster, Respondent; D. Phœnix Ingraham, as Receiver, Appellant, 1899 — 159 N.Y. 533 · caselaw · US
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Mary Harris, Appellant, v. Charles H. Taylor et al., Defendants; William C. Lesster, Respondent; D. Phœnix Ingraham, as Receiver, Appellant
159 N.Y. 533·New York Court of Appeals·1899·NY
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Mary Harris, Appellant, v. Charles H. Taylor et al., Defendants; William C. Lesster, Respondent; D. Phœnix Ingraham, as Receiver, Appellant.
Harris v. Taylor, 35 App. Div. 462; 36 App. Div. 635, appeal dismissed.
(Argued April 18, 1899;
decided May 2, 1899.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered January 21, 1899, reversing an order of Special Term made in a proceeding for the settlement of a receiver’s accounts, and directing payment of a sum of money by the receiver to the appellant. The notice of appeal also brings up for review a prior order of the same Appellate Division, entered Decernher 23, 1898, reversing an order of Special Term denying the defendant Lesster’s motion for a payment to himself.
William JET. Harris and Paul R. Towne for appellant.
Elbert Crandall for receiver, appellant.
J. Baldtoin Hands for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal dismissed, with costs, on the authority of N. Y. Security & Trust Co. v. Saratoga Cas & El. L. Co. (156 N. Y. 615).
All concur.