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John J. Phelan, as Receiver of the American Fur Company, Respondent, v. J. Murray Downs, Individually and as Referee, et al., Appellants, 1903 — 173 N.Y. 619 · caselaw · US
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John J. Phelan, as Receiver of the American Fur Company, Respondent, v. J. Murray Downs, Individually and as Referee, et al., Appellants
173 N.Y. 619·New York Court of Appeals·1903·NY
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John J. Phelan, as Receiver of the American Fur Company, Respondent, v. J. Murray Downs, Individually and as Referee, et al., Appellants.
Phelan v. Downs, 59 App. Div. 282, affirmed.
(Argued January 16, 1903;
decided January 30, 1903.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered September 30, 1901, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court at a Trial Term without a jury.
J. Newton Fiero for appellants.
Lewis E. Carr for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., Gray, Bartlett, Haight, Martin, Vann and Werner, JJ.