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145 A.D. 877

Smith v. Dugan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1911-07-07

Appeal by the defendants, Gilbert F. Smith and others, frpm a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the ■ 10th day of March, 1911, upon the decision of the court, rendered after trial at the New York Special Term.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently March 1955

2 state decisions

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Decided 1911-07-07

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Ingraham, P. J.

¶1(concurring in part):

¶2I agree with Mr. Justice McLaughlin that Andrew J. Smith took the absolute fee of the property in question under the will of his father, Hugh Smith, and that, therefore, the defendant-trust company had a power of sale and was authorized to sell the property. I think, however, that under the 5th clause, of Andrew J. Smith’s will he intended that the proceeds of these two pieces of property when sold were to be divided among those mentioned in the 3d clause of the'will of Hugh Smith, namely, the heirs at law of Andrew J. Smith’s surviving brothers and sisters.

¶3To this extent I do not concur with Mr. Justice McLaughlin.

¶4Judgment reversed and judgment ordered as directed in opinion, with costs to each appellant separately appearing, payable out of the -estate. • Order to be settled on notice. - -

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