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The New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, as Substituted Trustee under the Will of James Baker, Deceased, Appellant, v. William J. Baker et al., Respondents, 1901 — 166 N.Y. 613 · caselaw · US
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The New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, as Substituted Trustee under the Will of James Baker, Deceased, Appellant, v. William J. Baker et al., Respondents
166 N.Y. 613·New York Court of Appeals·1901·NY
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Opinion
The New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, as Substituted Trustee under the Will of James Baker, Deceased, Appellant, v. William J. Baker et al., Respondents.
(Submitted March 18, 1901;
decided March 22, 1901.)
[MAJORITY]
Motion by Porte V. Ransom, guardian ad litem of William. Ver Planck Baker et ah, infants, respondents, for an extra, allowance, denied, with ten dollars costs. (See 165 N. Y. 484.)