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William G. Milligan, as Administrator of Catherine M. Lansing, Deceased, and John Lansing, as Executor of Robert Lansing, Deceased, Respondents, v. Octavius O. Cottle et al., Appellants, 1897 — 152 N.Y. 644 · caselaw · US
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William G. Milligan, as Administrator of Catherine M. Lansing, Deceased, and John Lansing, as Executor of Robert Lansing, Deceased, Respondents, v. Octavius O. Cottle et al., Appellants
152 N.Y. 644·New York Court of Appeals·1897·NY
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William G. Milligan, as Administrator of Catherine M. Lansing, Deceased, and John Lansing, as Executor of Robert Lansing, Deceased, Respondents, v. Octavius O. Cottle et al., Appellants.
(Argued March 15, 1897;
decided March 23, 1897.)
Motion by appellants to strike cause from the preferred calendar and place it upon the general calendar, on the ground that it is not entitled to a preference under subdivision 5 of section 791 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Edmund P. Cottle for motion.
Abraham Lansing opposed.
[MAJORITY]
Motion denied, with ten dollars costs.