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In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of William D. Norton, as Executor of Mary Am Crane, Deceased, Respondent; Caroline C. Murphy et al., Appellants; Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America et al., Respondents, 1899 — 160 N.Y. 684 · caselaw · US
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In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of William D. Norton, as Executor of Mary Am Crane, Deceased, Respondent; Caroline C. Murphy et al., Appellants; Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America et al., Respondents
160 N.Y. 684·New York Court of Appeals·1899·NY
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In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of William D. Norton, as Executor of Mary Am Crane, Deceased, Respondent. Caroline C. Murphy et al., Appellants; Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America et al., Respondents.
(Submitted October 2, 1899;
decided October 17, 1899.)
Matter of Norton, 39 App. Div. 369, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division.of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered March 25, 1899, affirming a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Ontario county settling the accounts of an executor.
J. H. Metcalf for appellants.
James A. Robson for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on prevailing opinion below.
All concur. .