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The People's Trust Company, as Executor, etc., Appellant, v. John J. Smith et al., Respondents; The Presbyterian Home for Aged Women, Appellant, 1895 — 147 N.Y. 693 · caselaw · US
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The People's Trust Company, as Executor, etc., Appellant, v. John J. Smith et al., Respondents; The Presbyterian Home for Aged Women, Appellant
147 N.Y. 693·New York Court of Appeals·1895·NY
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The People’s Trust Company, as Executor, etc., Appellant, v. John J. Smith et al., Respondents; The Presbyterian Home for Aged Women, Appellant.
Reported below, 83 Hun, 494.
(Submitted June 11, 1895;
decided October 8, 1895.)
Appeals from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made December 19, 1894, which modified and affirmed as modified a judgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term rendered in an action for the construction of a will.
George W. Wingate and A. R. JDyett for appellants.
J. Warren Greene, John M. Shedd and W. F. Running for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
All concur.