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William B. Davenport, Public Administrator, as Administrator of Michael J. Garry, Deceased, Respondent, v. Thomas Morrissy et al., as Executors of Thomas Garry, Deceased, Appellants, 1898 — 154 N.Y. 782 · caselaw · US
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William B. Davenport, Public Administrator, as Administrator of Michael J. Garry, Deceased, Respondent, v. Thomas Morrissy et al., as Executors of Thomas Garry, Deceased, Appellants
154 N.Y. 782·New York Court of Appeals·1898·NY
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William B. Davenport, Public Administrator, as Administrator of Michael J. Garry, Deceased, Respondent, v. Thomas Morrissy et al., as Executors of Thomas Garry, Deceased, Appellants.
Davenport v. Morrissey, 14 App. Div. 586, affirmed.
(Argued December 14, 1897;
decided January 11, 1898.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 9, 1897, upon an order reversing a judgment in favor ■of plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee and granting ■a new trial before another referee.
Samuel TTniermyer and Louis Marshall for appellants.
Charles II. Otis for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion below, and judgment absolute ordered for plaintiff in accordance with stipulation.
All concur.