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Wyckoff Van Sicklen et al., Respondents, v. The Jamaica Electric Light Company, Appellant, 1900 — 162 N.Y. 609 · caselaw · US
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Wyckoff Van Sicklen et al., Respondents, v. The Jamaica Electric Light Company, Appellant
162 N.Y. 609·New York Court of Appeals·1900·NY
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Wyckoff Van Sicklen et al., Respondents, v. The Jamaica Electric Light Company, Appellant.
Reported below, 45 App, Div. 1.
(Submitted March 5, 1900;
decided March 13, 1900.)
Motion to dismiss an appeal from an order and judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered December 2, 1899, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, and an order denying amotion for a new trial.
The motion was made on the grounds that the decision of the Appellate Division was unanimous, that no questions of law are raised by the exceptions which can be reviewed by this court, and that such exceptions are frivolous.
James C. Van Sicklen for motion.
Monfort & Faber opposed.
[MAJORITY]
Motion to dismiss appeal denied, with ten dollars costs. *