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James T. Penfield et al., as Executors of George J. Penfield, Deceased, Respondents, v. The Village of New Rochelle et al., Defendants; The New Rochelle Coal and Lumber Company, Appellant, 1899 — 160 N.Y. 697 · caselaw · US
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James T. Penfield et al., as Executors of George J. Penfield, Deceased, Respondents, v. The Village of New Rochelle et al., Defendants; The New Rochelle Coal and Lumber Company, Appellant
160 N.Y. 697·New York Court of Appeals·1899·NY
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James T. Penfield et al., as Executors of George J. Penfield, Deceased, Respondents, v. The Village of New Rochelle et al., Defendants; The New Rochelle Coal and Lumber Company, Appellant.
(Submitted October 6,1899;
decided October 27, 1899.)
Penfield v. Vil. of New Rochelle, 18 App. Div. 83, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered ' May 22, 1897, upon an order affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
Michael J. Tierney and J. Addison Young for appellant.
Isaac N. Mills for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment and order affirmed, with costs, on opinion below. All concur.