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William Jay et al., Appellants, v. William G. Wilson, Respondent, 1899 — 158 N.Y. 693 · caselaw · US
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William Jay et al., Appellants, v. William G. Wilson, Respondent
158 N.Y. 693·New York Court of Appeals·1899·NY
Concur : Gray, O’Brien, Bartlett and Haight, JJ. · Not sitting: Parker, Oh. J. · Not voting : Martin and Vann, JJ.
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Opinion
William Jay et al., Appellants, v. William G. Wilson, Respondent.
(Argued January 26, 1899;
decided February 28, 1899.)
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the late General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 24, 1895, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Circuit, a jury having been waived, and granting a new trial.
Jay v. Wilson, 91 Hun, 391, affirmed.
Egerton L. Winthrop, Jr., and Flamen B. Candler for appellants.
Gibson Putzel for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed and judgment absolute ordered for defendant on stipulation, with costs, on the prevailing opinion below.
Concur : Gray, O’Brien, Bartlett and Haight, JJ.
Not sitting: Parker, Oh. J.
Not voting : Martin and Vann, JJ.