New York Court of Appeals, 1899

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Carl E. Schmidt, as Administrator of Edward F. Schmidt, Deceased, Respondent, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant 1899-10-27
David J. Isaacs and Henry C. Smith, Respondents, v. Mary E. Calder, Appellant 1899-10-27
Sarah M. Hazeltine, as Administratrix of Maria Barr, Deceased, Appellant, v. Mary J. Stringer et al., Respondents 1899-10-27
David D. Lent, as Receiver of the Property of Henry D. Shear, and John Walker, Respondents, v. Henry D. Shear and Sarah H. Shear, Appellants, Impleaded, etc 1899-10-27
Sarah Gannon, as Administratrix of John Gannon, Deceased, Respondent, v. Catharine McGuire and Michael McGuire, her Husband, Appellants 1899-10-27
Sarah A. Gedney, Individually and as Trustee under the Will of Charles Gedney, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Alfred W. Gedney et al., as Executors of William H. Gedney, Deceased, Respondents, and Luiz A. da Cunha, as Executor and Trustee under the Will of Charles Gedney, Deceased, Appellant 1899-10-27
Bridget Lannon, Appellant, v. Franklin Lynch et al., as Executors of David Hall, Deceased, Respondents 1899-10-27
Ledyard P. Hale, as Receiver of the St. Lawrence Manufacturing Company, Appellant, v. Marcus P. Mason, Respondent 1899-11-21
Isabella S. Marbury, as Administratrix of Andros B. Stone, Deceased, Appellant, v. Georgiana C. Stone and John D. Wood, as Executors of George F. Stone, Deceased, et al., Respondents, Impleaded with William D. Marvel, Appellant 1899-11-21
Joseph Gillet, as Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors of John F. Talmage and Daniel Talmage, Individually and as Copartners in the Firm of Dan Talmages Sons, Appellant, v. The Bank of America, Respondent 1899-11-21
David F. Dobie, Individually and as Executor of Thomas Armstrong, Deceased, et al., Respondents, v. Emmett Armstrong, Appellant, Impleaded with Another 1899-11-21
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John J. Hannigan, Appellant 1899-11-21
In the Matter of the Final Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Alonzo Reed, as Committee of Anna L. Knapp, a Lunatic, Deceased, Appellant; Helen C. McClain, as Administratrix of Anna L. Knapp, Deceased, Respondent 1899-11-21
Wilhelmina Hoffman, Respondent, v. John King and John G. McCullough, as Receivers of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, Appellants 1899-11-21
The People of the State of New York ex rel. The Cornell Steamboat Company, Respondent, v. Addison E. Dederick, as Assessor of the City of Kingston, Appellant 1899-11-21
In the Matter of the Transfer Tax upon Certain Trusts made by Jabez A. Bostwick, Deceased; Fannie E. Carstairs et al., Appellants; The Comptroller of the City of New York, Respondent 1899-11-21
In the Matter of the Application for a Voluntary Dissolution of the Dolgeville Electric Light and Power Company; Commercial Bank, a Creditor, Appellant; William S. Armstrong et al., Petitioning Directors, Respondents 1899-11-21
Elsie B. Linthicum, Respondent, v. Caroline G. Caswell, as Executrix of Horace T. Caswell, Deceased, Appellant 1899-11-21
Blanche M. Steele, as Administratrix of Herbert A. Steele, Deceased, Respondent, v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Appellant 1899-11-21
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Horace G. Young, as Sole Testamentary Trustee under the Will of Thomas Cornell, Deceased; Mary Augusta Coykendall et al., Respondents and Appellants; Nellie L. Carpenter, Individually and as Executrix of Catharine Ann Cornell, Deceased, Appellant and Respondent 1899-11-21
John I. Hunt, as Administrator of Chester A. Arthur . Hunt, Deceased, Respondent, v. The Fitchburg Railroad Company, Appellant 1899-11-21
Sigmund M. Mundt, as Administrator de Bonis non of Martin M. Mundt, Deceased, Respondent, v. Gertrude Glokner, Appellant 1899-11-21
Mary Rice, by Edward Devine, her Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. William Allen Butler, Appellant 1899-11-21
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of William S. P. Prentice and Theron G. Strong, as Sole Surviving Executors and Trustees of the Will of John H. Prentice, Deceased, Respondents; Anna P. Terry, Appellant 1899-11-21
The New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, as Trustee under the Will of Francis W. Lasak, Deceased, Appellant, v. Ophelia J. Cuthbert et al.; Antoinette Lucinda Schermerhorn, Appellant; Mary A. Frost et al., as Executors of Calvin Frost, Deceased, et al., Respondents 1899-11-21
In the Matter of the Final Judicial Settlement of the Annual Accounts of Samuel N. Hoyt et al, as Trustees for Mary Irene Hoyt, under the Will of Jesse Hoyt, Deceased; Samuel N. Hoyt et al., Trustees, etc., et al., Respondents; Mary Irene Hoyt, Appellant 1899-11-21
William G. Horgan, Appellant, v. The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, Respondent 1899-11-21
In the Matter of the Accounting of Daniel Talmage, as Executor of Catherine Elizabeth Swan, Deceased; Daniel Talmage, as Executor, Appellant; Olabence Rapelye et ah, Respondents 1899-11-21
Eugene Gordon Doane, Appellant, v. The Mercantile Trust Company, as Executor of and Trustee under the Will of Mary Agnes Gordon, Deceased, Respondent, Impleaded with Others 1899-11-21
George Solomon, as Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors of Henry Thoesen, Respondent, v. Continental Fire Insurance Company of the City of New York, Appellant 1899-11-21
In the Matter of the General Assignment of John F. Talmage and Daniel Talmage, Individually and as Copartners Composing the Firm of Dan Talmages Sons, for the Benefit of Creditors, to Joseph Gillet; The President and Directors of the Manhattan Company and Joseph Gillet, as Assignee, Appellants; Laura A. Talmage, Individually and as Executrix of Van Nest Talmage, Deceased, et al., Respondents 1899-11-21
William Hotopp, Respondent, v. Emilie Huber et al., as Executors of Otto Huber, Deceased, Appellants 1899-11-21
Thomas Ray, an Infant, by Thomas Rat, his Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. James R. Keene and Foxhall Keene, Respondents 1899-11-21
Frank Reynolds, as Receiver of Richard Worthington, Respondent, v. The Ætna Life Insurance Company, Respondent, Joseph J. Little, as Receiver of the Worthington Company, and Margaret Worthington, Appellants, Impleaded with Jennie Doman et al. 1899-11-21
William C. Greene, as Receiver of the Merchants Bank of Lockport, Respondent, v. E. Ashley Smith, Appellant 1899-11-21
Francis G. Moore, as Executor of Grace E. W. Moore, Deceased, Appellant, v. Anthony Van Arsdale Winans, Respondent 1899-11-21
Charles F. Fordham, as Administrator of Adell M. Fordham, Deceased, Appellant, v. Gouverneur Village, Respondent 1899-11-21
Lazarus Levy, Respondent, v. Thomas J. Dunn, as Sheriff of the County of New York, Appellant. The National Surety Company, Indemnitor, Respondent 1899-11-21
In the Matter of the Probate of the Alleged Last Will and Testament of Jonas Stickney, Deceased. William A. Bullard, as Executor of Jonas Stickney, Deceased, Appellant; Lorenzo Stickney et al., Contestants, Respondents 1899-11-21
Barbara Brozek, as Administratrix of Alois Brozek, Deceased, Respondent, v. Steinway Railway Company, of Long Island City, Appellant 1899-11-21
Wendell J. Curtis, as Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors of Sidney B. Roby, Respondent, v. Frederick W. Van Bergh et al., Appellants 1899-11-21
David McClure, as Receiver of the Life Union, Appellant, v. Wayland Trask, Respondent 1899-11-21
Evelina A. Meserole, Appellant, v. Anna Isabel Hoyt, as Administratrix of Walter L. Sinn, Deceased, Respondent 1899-11-21
Edgar Munson, Appellant, v. John Magee et al., as Executors of George J. Magee, Deceased, Respondents, Impleaded with George M. Case and John E. Gowen 1899-11-21
The New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, Respondent, v. Henry S. Hoyt and Philip Schuyler, as Executors of Margaret A. Hamilton, Deceased, Henry S. Hoyt and Gerald L. Hoyt, as Executors of Geraldine L. Hoyt, Deceased, Respondents, and Mary Ray De Courval, Appellant, Impleaded with Others 1899-11-21
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Virgil C. Traver, as Sole Surviving Executor of the Last Will and Testament of John W. Moore, Deceased. Charles G. Coffin, as Special Guardian of Nellie K. Moore, et al., Appellants; Virgil C. Traver, as Executor, etc., et al., Respondents 1899-11-21
David McClure, as Receiver of the Life Union, Appellant, v. William H. Law, Respondent 1899-11-21
The Ulster County Savings Institution, Respondent, v. Horace G. Young, as Executor of, and Trustee under, the Will of Thomas Cornell, Deceased, Appellant, Impleaded, etc. 1899-11-21
Edwin B. Meeks, as Executor of Joseph W. Meeks, Deceased, Respondent, v. Catherine L. Meeks, Appellant, and Sophia T. Hawkins et al., Respondents 1899-11-21
In the Matter of the Will of Benjamin F. Miller, Deceased. Mary A. Winship et al., Appellants; Warren F. Darrow et al., Respondents 1899-11-21
William M. Hoes, as Public Administrator in the City of New York, and as Administrator de Bonis Non of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Carl Burk, Deceased, Appellant, v. Edison General Electric Company, Respondent 1899-11-21
The New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, as Trustee under the Will of Mary Griffin, Deceased, Respondent, v. Terese Viele et al., Respondents, and Anna Maria Louisa Natalia Reichelt et al., Appellants 1899-11-21
Eugene A. Johnson, Respondent, v. The Long Island Railroad Company, Appellant 1899-11-28
Tito Bini, Respondent, v. John Smith, Appellant 1899-11-28
The New York, Lackawanna and Western Railway Company, Respondent, v. The Erie Railroad Company, Appellant, Impleaded with Another 1899-11-28
Ruth A. Johnstone, Appellant, v. Eugene F. OConnor, Respondent 1899-11-28
In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Orra Potter, Deceased. William P. Potter et al., Contestants, Appellants; J. D. Potter, Individually and as Executor of Orra Potter, Deceased, et al., Respondents 1899-11-28
Albert L. Purdy, Respondent, v. Erie Railroad Company, Appellant 1899-11-28
Margaret Hughes, as Administratrix of Ellen Hughes, Deceased, Respondent v. The City of Auburn, Appellant 1899-11-28
The People of the State of New York ex rel. The Long Island Railroad Company, Appellant, v. The Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York, Respondent 1899-11-28
Minnie Noble, as Administratrix of Thomas Noble, Deceased, Respondent, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant 1899-11-28
Lucy E. Wagman, Appellant, v. Ada L. Carpenter, Respondent, Impleaded with Others 1899-11-28
John Devlin, Respondent, v. Mary E. Hinman, Appellant 1899-11-28
John H. Cronin, Appellant, v. William Lord, as Executor of Martha A. Cronin, Deceased, Respondent 1899-11-28
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Samuel J. Kennedy, Appellant 1899-11-28
In the Matter of the Petition of Henry H. Lyman, as State Commissioner of Excise, Appellant, for an Order Revoking and Canceling Liquor Tax Certificate No. 10,320, Issued to Malcom Brewing Company, Respondent 1899-11-28
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Thomas Rogers and William Cauldwell, as Trustees, under the Last Will and Testament of Jason Rogers, Deceased. Thomas Rogers and William Cauldwell, as Trustees, et al., Appellants; Mary J. Westerfield et al., Respondents 1899-11-28
In the Matter of the Petition of Hannibal W. Rappleye, Appellant, for an Inspection of the Books of the Farmers Feed Company, Respondent 1899-11-28
New York Security and Trust Company, Respondent, v. The Saratoga Gas and Electric Light Company et al., Defendants; Edward Winslow Paige, Attorney, etc., Appellant 1899-11-28
George L. Smith, Respondent, v. Owego Bridge Company, Appellant 1899-11-28
Ferdinand B. Blumenthal et al., Respondents, v. Moses Michael et al., Appellants 1899-11-28
Warsaw Water Works Company, Appellant, v. The Village of Warsaw et al., Respondents 1899-12-05
In the Matter of the Opening, etc., of Brook Avenue, from East One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Street and Webster Avenue to Wendover Avenue in the City of New York. Bernard Schweizer, Appellant; Mary A. Baxter, Respondent 1899-12-05
College Point Savings Bank, Appellant, v. Catharine Vollmer et al., Defendants; Jennie M. Tompkins, Respondent 1899-12-05
The People of the State of New York ex rel. William C. Rice, Appellant, v. Frank Moss et al., Police Commissioners of the City of New York, Respondents 1899-12-05
Sarah C. Douglass et al., as Executors of George L. Cornell, Deceased, Respondents, v. William B. Halstead et al., as Executors of Newbury D. Halstead, Deceased, and William B. Halstead, Individually, Appellants 1899-12-05
The Skaneateles Water Works Company, Appellant, v. The Village of Skaneateles; E. Norman Leslie, as President of said Village; John Connell, Edwin Whiting, Edward Dent, as Trustees of said Village, and Lemuel D. Hall, Edward Eckett, James A. Root and John L. Shultz, as Water Commissioners of the Village of Skaneateles, Respondents 1899-12-05
Benjamin G. Allen et al., Respondents, v. Charles E. Stevens et al., as Executors and Trustees under the Will of Nathan F. Graves, Deceased, et al., Appellants, Impleaded with Sidney B. Breese, as Administrator, etc., of Catharine H. Graves, Deceased, et al., Respondents 1899-12-05
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Patrick L. Flynn, Appellant, v. Bernard J. York et al., as Police Commissioners of the City of New York, Respondents 1899-12-05
The Skaneateles Water Works Company, Appellant, v. The Village of Skaneateles; E. Norman Leslie, as President of said Village and Individually; John Connell, Edwin Whiting and Edward Dent, as Trustees of said Village and Individually; Lemuel D. Hall, Edward Eckett, James A. Root and John L. Shultz, Individually and as Water Commissioners of the Village of Skaneateles, Respondents 1899-12-05
Isaac B. Canfield, Respondent, v. Andrew X. Fallon et al., as Executors of Julia F. Mansfield, Deceased, et al., Respondents; Catharine E. Gulbrandsen et al., Appellants 1899-12-05
In the Matter of the Application of The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, Relative to Acquiring Title for the Purpose of Opening East One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Street, Appellant; William N. Clark et al., Respondents 1899-12-05
The People of the State of New York ex rel. James Lucey, Respondent, v. Francis J. Molloy et al., as the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of Troy, Appellants 1899-12-05
Edward Butcher, Jr., Appellant, v. Frederick S. Pearson, Respondent, Impleaded with Others 1899-12-05
Benjamin F. Hazelton, Appellant, v. Ellis Webster et al. Respondents 1899-12-15
William C. Lesster, Respondent, v. The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, Appellant 1899-12-15
The New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, as Trustee, under the Will of Francis W. Lasak, Deceased, Appellant, v. Ophelia J. Cuthbert et al.; Antoinette Lucinda Schermerhorn, Appellant; Mary A. Frost et al., as Executors of Calvin Frost, Deceased, et al., Respondents 1899-12-15
Minnie Noble, as Administratrix of Thomas Noble, Deceased, Respondent, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Appellant 1899-12-15
Henry C. Howard et al., Appellants, v. The City of Rochester, Respondent 1899-12-15
Charles Jones, Respondent, v. Samuel G. De Coursey, as Receiver of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellant 1899-12-15
In the Matter of the Estate of Frederick D. Hodgman, Deceased. Martha J. Meech et al., Appellants; Alfred C. Hodgman, as Executor of Frederick D. Hodgman, Deceased, et al., Respondents 1899-12-15
Harvey Joyce, Appellant, v. The Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company, Respondent 1899-12-15
John C. Blanshan, as Adminstrator of Elizabeth R. Bruyn, Deceased, Appellant, v. Benjamin Russell et al., as Executors of Jacob De Witt, Deceased, Respondents 1899-12-15
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of William S. P. Prentice and Theron G. Strong, as Sole Surviving Executors and Trustees of the Will of John H. Prentice, Deceased, Respondents; Anna P. Terry, Appellant 1899-12-15