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Edward C. Burns et al., as Executors of Charlotte O. Black, Deceased, Respondents, v. Augustus F. Allen et al., by Guardian ad Litem, Appellants, et al., Respondents
154 N.Y. 741·New York Court of Appeals·1897·NY
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Opinion
Edward C. Burns et al., as Executors of Charlotte O. Black, Deceased, Respondents, v. Augustus F. Allen et al., by Guardian ad Litem, Appellants, et al., Respondents.
Burns v. Allen, 89 Hun, 552, affirmed.
(Argued October 11, 1897;
decided October 26, 1897.)
Appeal from a judgmént of the- General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered October 22, 1895, which affirmed a judgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term in an action for the construction of a will.
Spencer Clinton for appellants.
Charles B. Wheeler, Stillman F. Kneela/nd and George Barker for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
All concur.