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Sylvester T. SMITH et al., Appellants, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK, Appellee, 1929 — 31 F.2d 281 · caselaw · US
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Sylvester T. SMITH et al., Appellants, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK, Appellee
31 F.2d 281·United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit·1929
Before BRYAN and FOSTER, Circuit Judges, and GRUBB, District Judge.
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Sylvester T. SMITH et al., Appellants, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK, Appellee.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
March 9, 1929.
No. 5416.
G. L. Porterie, of Marksville, La., for appellants.
Richard B. Montgomery and Richard B. Montgomery, Jr., both of New Orleans, La., and R. F. White, of Alexandria, La., for appellee.
Before BRYAN and FOSTER, Circuit Judges, and GRUBB, District Judge.
[MAJORITY — BRYAN, Circuit Judge.]
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
It was stipulated by counsel that tbe above case should abide the result of the appeal in Theodosia S. Smith v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York (C. C. A.) 31 F.(2d) 280, this day decided and affirmed.
Accordingly the judgment herein is affirmed.