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Matter of Marine Midland Tr. Co. of the Mohawk Valley

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 4, 1970
258 N.E.2d 95 (N.Y. 1970)

Opinion

Argued February 16, 1970

Decided March 4, 1970

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, J. MAYNARD JONES, S.

Francisco Penberthy for appellant.

Joseph T. Hopkins for Elizabeth Lloyd Light, respondent.

Paul Scalzo, as guardian ad litem for possible unknown heirs, infants and incompetents.


Order affirmed, with costs to all parties appearing separately and filing separate briefs payable out of the estate. No opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Summaries of

Matter of Marine Midland Tr. Co. of the Mohawk Valley

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 4, 1970
258 N.E.2d 95 (N.Y. 1970)
Case details for

Matter of Marine Midland Tr. Co. of the Mohawk Valley

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Accounting of MARINE MIDLAND TRUST COMPANY OF THE…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 4, 1970

Citations

258 N.E.2d 95 (N.Y. 1970)
258 N.E.2d 95
309 N.Y.S.2d 600

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