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Adeline S. Matthews, Appellant, v. Edwin B. Studley and Charles P. Sturtevant, as Executors of Albert P. Sturtevant, Deceased, et al., Respondents
161 N.Y. 633·New York Court of Appeals·1900·NY
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Opinion
Adeline S. Matthews, Appellant, v. Edwin B. Studley and Charles P. Sturtevant, as Executors of Albert P. Sturtevant, Deceased, et al., Respondents.
Matthews v. Studley, 17 App. Div. 303, affirmed.
(Argued December 5, 1899;
decided January 9, 1900.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered July 12, 189Y, affirming a judgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
Benjamin Yates for appellant.
Schuyler C. Carlton for guardian ad litem of Ethel Shew.
Bronson Winthrop, Albert Sprague Bard and Edward S. Clinch for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs to the respondents against the appellants, on the opinion below.
All concur, except Parker, Ch. J., not sitting.