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In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Charles W. Cornell, Deceased. Calvin Rae Smith, as Executor of Eleanor C. Smith, Deceased, Appellant; Charles W. Crispell, as Executor of Charles W. Cornell, Respondent
163 N.Y. 608·New York Court of Appeals·1900·NY
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Opinion
In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Charles W. Cornell, Deceased. Calvin Rae Smith, as Executor of Eleanor C. Smith, Deceased, Appellant; Charles W. Crispell, as Executor of Charles W. Cornell, Respondent.
Matter of Cornell, 43 App. Div. 341, affirmed.
(Argued June 8, 1900;
decided June 22, 1900.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, made September 5, 1899, affirming a decree of the surrogate of Ulster county admitting to probate the last will and testament of Charles W. Cornell, deceased.
John J. Linson and Howard Chipp for appellant.
J. Newton Fiero for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., O’Brien, Bartlett, Haight, Vann and Cullen, JJ. Not sitting: Landon, J.