Opinion
DOCKET NO. CA 12-02398 DOCKET NO. CA 13-00360
03-12-2013
IN THE MATTER OF THE NICHOLAS GIANGUALANO, MARY ANN ALLAN, RICHARD S. ALLAN, GARY L. ALLAN, KENNETH N. ALLAN, JEFFREY R. ALLAN AND ELIZABETH E. CHAIRES, PETITIONERS-RESPONDENTS, v. JAY B. BIRNBAUM AND ILENE L. FLAUM, AS CO-TRUSTEES OF TRUST "B" UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF BERNARD B. BIRNBAUM, DECEASED, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JAY B. BIRNBAUM AND ILENE L. FLAUM, AS CO-TRUSTEES OF TRUST "B" UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF BERNARD B. BIRNBAUM, DECEASED, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, v. NICHOLAS GIANGUALANO, MARY ANN ALLAN, RICHARD S. ALLAN, GARY L. ALLAN, KENNETH N. ALLAN, JEFFREY R. ALLAN AND ELIZABETH E. CHAIRES, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS. (APPEAL NO. 1.) IN THE MATTER OF THE NICHOLAS GIANGUALANO, MARY ANN ALLAN, RICHARD S. ALLAN, GARY L. ALLAN, KENNETH N. ALLAN, JEFFREY R. ALLAN AND ELIZABETH E. CHAIRES, PETITIONERS-RESPONDENTS, v. JAY B. BIRNBAUM AND ILENE L. FLAUM, AS CO-TRUSTEES OF TRUST "B" UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF BERNARD B. BIRNBAUM, DECEASED, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JAY B. BIRNBAUM AND ILENE L. FLAUM, AS CO-TRUSTEES OF TRUST "B" UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF BERNARD B. BIRNBAUM, DECEASED, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, v. NICHOLAS GIANGUALANO, MARY ANN ALLAN, RICHARD S. ALLAN, GARY L. ALLAN, KENNETH N. ALLAN, JEFFREY R. ALLAN AND ELIZABETH E. CHAIRES, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS. (APPEAL NO. 2.)
PRESENT: , P. J., SMITH, CENTRA, FAHEY, AND PERADOTTO, JJ.
Appellants having moved to consolidate the appeals taken herein from orders of the Supreme Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Erie on September 28, 2012 (appeal No. 1), and February 6, 2013 (appeal No. 2),
Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Karl S. Essler, Esq., sworn to February 25, 2013, and the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and due deliberation having been had thereon,
It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted and the appeals from the orders entered September 28, 2012, and February 6, 2013, are hereby consolidated for the purposes of perfecting and arguing the appeals.
Frances E. Cafarell, Clerk