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Chemical Bank Trust Company v. Lawson

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 8, 1942
39 N.E.2d 302 (N.Y. 1942)

Opinion

Argued December 4, 1941

Decided January 8, 1942

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.

Martin Conboy, Ernest E. Wheeler and Davis Asch for Jeanne Lawson, appellant and respondent.

John Caldwell Myers, as guardian ad litem, and John F. Keating for Nancy B. Williams et al., infants, respondents and appellants.

Benjamin Wiener, Herman M. Brauner and Herman Goldman for plaintiffs, respondents.

Allan S. Locke for Lawson Williams et al., defendants, respondents.

John C. Spallone and William Levin in person, for William Levin, respondent.


Judgment affirmed, with costs payable out of the fund to all parties except the defendants-respondents Lawson Williams, Willie Williams, Lela Hartman Lawson and Willoughby Williams. No opinion.

Concur: LEHMAN, Ch. J., LOUGHRAN, FINCH, RIPPEY, LEWIS, CONWAY and DESMOND, JJ.


Summaries of

Chemical Bank Trust Company v. Lawson

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 8, 1942
39 N.E.2d 302 (N.Y. 1942)
Case details for

Chemical Bank Trust Company v. Lawson

Case Details

Full title:CHEMICAL BANK TRUST COMPANY et al., as Executors of EDGAR P. LAWSON…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jan 8, 1942

Citations

39 N.E.2d 302 (N.Y. 1942)
39 N.E.2d 302

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