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The Trustees of Union College, Appellants, v. Dennis Coughlin et al., as School Trustees of the First Ward of Long Island City, Respondents, 1899 — 159 N.Y. 540 · caselaw · US
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The Trustees of Union College, Appellants, v. Dennis Coughlin et al., as School Trustees of the First Ward of Long Island City, Respondents
159 N.Y. 540·New York Court of Appeals·1899·NY
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Opinion
The Trustees of Union College, Appellants, v. Dennis Coughlin et al., as School Trustees of the First Ward of Long Island City, Respondents.
Trustees of Union College v. Coughlin, 89 Hun, 171, affirmed.
(Argued April 24, 1899;
decided May 12, 1899.)
Appeal from a judgment of the late General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered August 27, 1895, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon the report of a referee, and dismissing the complaint.
Harry Vcm Hess Philip for appellants.
John, Whalen, Corporation Counsel (Theodore Connoly and Terence Farley of counsel), for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
All concur.