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Irving G. Downs, Plaintiff, v. Nathan A. Downs et al., as Executors of and Trustees under the Will of Rhoda J Reeve, Deceased, et al., Defendants. Spencer L. Higgins et al., Appellants; Nathan A. Downs, as Surviving Executor and Trustee, Respondent, 1905 — 182 N.Y. 560 · caselaw · US
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Irving G. Downs, Plaintiff, v. Nathan A. Downs et al., as Executors of and Trustees under the Will of Rhoda J Reeve, Deceased, et al., Defendants. Spencer L. Higgins et al., Appellants; Nathan A. Downs, as Surviving Executor and Trustee, Respondent
182 N.Y. 560·New York Court of Appeals·1905·NY
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Irving G. Downs, Plaintiff, v. Nathan A. Downs et al., as Executors of and Trustees under the Will of Rhoda J Reeve, Deceased, et al., Defendants. Spencer L. Higgins et al., Appellants; Nathan A. Downs, as Surviving Executor and Trustee, Respondent.
(Argued October 4, 1905;
decided October 24, 1905.)
Downs v. Downs, 107 App. Div. 623, affirmed.
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered August 31, 1905, which affirmed an order of the Suffolk County Court in surplus money proceedings.
M. Casewell Heine and George F. Stackpole for appellants.
Richard L. Sweezy for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Bartlett, Haight, Vann and Werner, JJ. Absent: O’Brien, J.