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Matter of Clarke

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 13, 1917
116 N.E. 1040 (N.Y. 1917)

Opinion

Submitted February 27, 1917

Decided March 13, 1917

Howard Chipp and Everett Fowler for appellants.

Frank W. Brooks for respondent.


Order of Appellate Division reversed and decree of Surrogate's Court affirmed, with costs in the Appellate Division and in this court on the dissenting opinion of COCHRANE, J., below.

Concur: HISCOCK, Ch. J., CHASE, CUDDEBACK, HOGAN, POUND, McLAUGHLIN and ANDREWS, JJ.


Summaries of

Matter of Clarke

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 13, 1917
116 N.E. 1040 (N.Y. 1917)
Case details for

Matter of Clarke

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Accounting of FREDERICK J.R. CLARKE, as Executor of…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 13, 1917

Citations

116 N.E. 1040 (N.Y. 1917)
116 N.E. 1040

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