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Susan Gorden et al., as Executors of William Gorden, Deceased, Appellants, v. William L. Strong, Mayor of the City of New York, et al., Respondents, 1899 — 160 N.Y. 696 · caselaw · US
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Susan Gorden et al., as Executors of William Gorden, Deceased, Appellants, v. William L. Strong, Mayor of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
160 N.Y. 696·New York Court of Appeals·1899·NY
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Susan Gorden et al., as Executors of William Gorden, Deceased, Appellants, v. William L. Strong, Mayor of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
(Submitted October 16, 1899;
decided October 24, 1899.)
Reported below, 15 App. Div. 519.
Motion by Susan Gorden, as executrix of William Gorden, deceased, that the costs of the above appeal to the Court of Appeals be awarded against Stephen M. Hoye and Joseph Gorden, as executors personally and not against the estate, and that interest on the judgments heretofore entered be borne by Hoye personally. (See 158 N. Y. 407; 160 N. Y. 659.)
George W. McKenzie for motion.
Stephen M. Hoye opposed.
[MAJORITY]
Motion denied, with ten dollars costs, upon the ground that the question raised should be determined by the court of original jurisdiction.