Opinion
Motion No: CA 11-01691 CA 11-01692 CA 11-01693
09-20-2011
IN THE MATTER OF THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNT OF HSBC BANK USA, N.A. AS TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 21, 1957, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, GRANTOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUE OF SEYMOUR H. KNOX III FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 21, 1957 TO NOVEMBER 3, 2005. HSBC BANK USA, N.A., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, W.A. READ KNOX, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, AVERY KNOX, HELEN KEILHOLTZ, AND DANIEL C. OLIVERIO, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR SEYMOUR KNOX V, JOHN CLAYTON KNOX, AND GEORGIA BROWN KNOX, OBJECTANTS-RESPONDENTS. (PROCEEDING NO. 1; APPEAL NO. 1.) IN THE MATTER OF THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNT OF W.A. READ KNOX, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, JEAN R. KNOX AND HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST UNDER ARTICLE SEVENTH OF THE WILL OF SEYMOUR H. KNOX III, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF JEAN R. KNOX (MARITAL TRUST) FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 3, 1996 TO NOVEMBER 3, 2005. HSBC BANK USA, N.A., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, JEAN R. KNOX, W.A. READ KNOX, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, AVERY KNOX, HELEN KEILHOLTZ, OBJECTANTS-RESPONDENTS. (PROCEEDING NO. 2; APPEAL NO. 1.) ——————————————————————& mdash;———— IN THE MATTER OF THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNT OF HSBC BANK USA, N.A. AND SEYMOUR H. KNOX IV, AS TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 23, 1975 AND RESTATED AUGUST 15, `990 FOR THE BENEFIT OF SEYMOUR H. KNOX IV, ET AL., SEYMOUR H. KNOX IV, GRANTOR FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 23, 1975 TO NOVEMBER 3, 2005 HSBC BANK USA, N.A., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, OBJECTANT-RESPONDENT. (PROCEEDING NO. 3; APPEAL NO. 1.) ——————————————————————& mdash;————————————————————— &m dash;———————————- IN THE MATTER OF THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNT OF HSBC BANK USA, N.A. AS TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 21, 1957, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, GRANTOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUE OF SEYMOUR H. KNOX III FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 21, 1957 TO NOVEMBER 3, 2005. HSBC BANK USA, N.A., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, W.A. READ KNOX, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, AVERY KNOX, HELEN KEILHOLTZ, AND DANIEL C. OLIVERIO, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR SEYMOUR KNOX V, JOHN CLAYTON KNOX, AND GEORGIA BROWN KNOX, OBJECTANTS-RESPONDENTS. (PROCEEDING NO. 1; APPEAL NO. 2.) ——————————————————————& mdash; —————————————————————&m dash;———————————- IN THE MATTER OF THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNT OF HSBC BANK USA, N.A. AS TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 21, 1957, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, GRANTOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUE OF SEYMOUR H. KNOX III FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 21, 1957 TO NOVEMBER 3, 2005. HSBC BANK USA, N.A., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, W.A. READ KNOX, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, AVERY KNOX, HELEN KEILHOLTZ, AND DANIEL C. OLIVERIO, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR SEYMOUR KNOX V, JOHN CLAYTON KNOX, AND GEORGIA BROWN KNOX, OBJECTANTS-RESPONDENTS.(PROCEEDING NO. 1; APPEAL NO. 3.)
PRESENT: , P. J., SMITH, CENTRA, CARNI, AND LINDLEY, JJ.
Respondent Daniel C. Oliverio in Proceeding No. 1 having moved to dismiss the appeals taken herein from and order, decree and statement for judgment of Surrogate's Court, Erie County entered in the Office of the Clerk of said court on March 11, 2011, May 18, 2011, and May 24, 2011, on the ground that appellant has failed to perfect timely the appeals,
Now, upon reading and filing the affirmation of John L. Sinatra, Jr., Esq., dated September 9, 2011, the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, the affirmation of Richard T. Sullivan, Esq., dated September 15, 2011, and the affirmation of John P. Dee, Esq., dated September 16, 2011, and due deliberation having been had thereon,
It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted and the appeals are dismissed without further order unless the appeals are perfected on or before December 9, 2011.
Patricia L. Morgan, Clerk