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Matter of City Bank Farmers Trust Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 17, 1931
178 N.E. 817 (N.Y. 1931)

Opinion

Argued October 21, 1931

Decided November 17, 1931

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

Jackson A. Dykman for Robert L. Pierrepont et al., appellants.

Francis Smyth for Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of Saint George's Protestant Episcopal Church, appellants.

C. Alexander Capron and David Kelly for Marian L. Raymond et al., respondents.

William M. Patterson and John Ewen for Charles A. Frank, respondent.


Order affirmed, with costs payable out of the estate; no opinion.

Concur: CARDOZO, Ch. J., POUND, LEHMAN, KELLOGG, O'BRIEN and HUBBS, JJ. Not voting: CRANE, J.


Summaries of

Matter of City Bank Farmers Trust Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 17, 1931
178 N.E. 817 (N.Y. 1931)
Case details for

Matter of City Bank Farmers Trust Company

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Accounting of CITY BANK FARMERS TRUST COMPANY, as…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Nov 17, 1931

Citations

178 N.E. 817 (N.Y. 1931)
178 N.E. 817

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