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Rastus S. Ransom et al., Respondents, v. Robert L. Cutting, Appellant, and Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, Respondent

187 N.Y. 528·New York Court of Appeals·1907·NY

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Opinion

Rastus S. Ransom et al., Respondents, v. Robert L. Cutting, Appellant, and Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, Respondent. Reported below, 112 App. Div. 150. (Argued January 7, 1907; decided January 15, 1907.) Motion to dismiss an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 10, 1906, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The motion was made upon the grounds that the appeal was from a unanimous judgment of affirmance in an action to recover for services; that permission to appeal had not been given and no questions of law were involved that could be reviewed. Mahlon A. Freeman for motion. ' Robert L. Cutting opposed. [MAJORITY] Motion denied, with ten dollars costs.