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Matilda E. Starbuck et al., as Executors of William H. Starbuck, Deceased, Respondents, v. The Phenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn, N. Y., Appellant, 1901 — 166 N.Y. 593 · caselaw · US
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Matilda E. Starbuck et al., as Executors of William H. Starbuck, Deceased, Respondents, v. The Phenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn, N. Y., Appellant
166 N.Y. 593·New York Court of Appeals·1901·NY
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Opinion
Matilda E. Starbuck et al., as Executors of William H. Starbuck, Deceased, Respondents, v. The Phenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn, N. Y., Appellant.
Starbuck v. Phenix Ins. Co., 47 App. Div. 621, affirmed.
(Argued February 11, 1901;
decided March 1, 1901.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 5, 1900, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict, and an order denying a motion for a new trial.
R. D. Benedict for appellant.
Artemas H. Holmes for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., O’Brien, Haight, Landon, Cullen and Werner, JJ. Dissenting: Gray, J.