DECIDED IN THE

COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE

73

STATE OF NEW YORK,

FROM AND INCLUDING THE DECISIONS HANDED DOWN MARCH 19, 1878,
TO AND INCLUDING DECISIONS OF MAY 21, 1878.

WITH

NOTES, REFERENCES AND INDEX.

BY H. E. SICKELS,

STATE REPORTER.

VOL. XXVIII.

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1879.

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Rec. June 24, 1899

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JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS.

SANFORD E. CHURCH, CHIEF JUDGE.

WILLIAM F. ALLEN,*

CHARLES J. FOLGER,

CHARLES A. RAPALLO,

CHARLES ANDREWS,

THEODORE MILLER,

ROBERT EARL,

SAMUEL HAND.†

GEORGE F. DANFORTH.‡

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.

Died June 3, 1878.

† Appointed June 10, 1878, vice William F. Allen, deceased.

+ Elected November 5, 1878, vice William F. Allen, deceased

TABLE OF CASES

REPORTED IN THIS VOLUME.

B.

Bap. Ch. in Oliver st., Mad. Av.

Bap. Ch. v.................................................................. Barton v. Speiss

Beers, Exr., etc., v. Shannon,

82 133

Impld., e..

Benedict, Lange v..........
Birdsall v. Clark et al.
Black River Ins. Co. v. N. Y.

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State Loan and Tr. Co.......... 282 Blake v. People 586 Blake, Impld., etc., Third Nat. Bank v............ 260 Bliss v. Johnson et al............... 529 Bly et al., Trustees St. Jacob's

...................

Luth. Ch. of Eden v............. 323 Board Fire Comrs. City N. Y.,

People ex rel. Royal v.......... 437 Board Fire Comrs. City N. Y.,

People ex rel. Sims v............ 437 Board Suprs. Ham. Co., People

C.

Calvo v. Davies et al.....................
Canal Apprs., People ex rel.
Freer v................................
Chapman, In re Pet. to vacate
Assmt.
604
Church et al., Exrs., etc., Hunt v. 615
City of Bklyn., Guest V........... 611
City of Bklyn., In re Appln.

Com. Council N. 13th st........ 179
City of Bklyn., Townsend v..... 589
City of Kingston, Sleight v...... 592
Clark et al., Birdsall v.....
73
Clussman v. L. I. R. R. Co...... 606
Cochrane's Exr., etc., et al., v.
Ingersoll, Impld., etc............ 613
Coleman, Haden v.
567
Comrs, Taxes and Assmts., Peo-

........... ......

ple ex rel. Haneman v........... 607 Comstock v. Hier et al............. 269 Conboy, Impl., etc., Jennings v. 230 Conn. F. Ins. Co. v. Erie R. Co. 399 ex rel. Morris et al. v........... 393 Consumers' Ice Co., Mott v...... 543 Board Suprs. West. Co., People Cooke, Wintermute v. ..................................... 107 ex rel. Lawrence v............... 173 | Crawford v. O'Connor et al....... 600

ex rel. Thompson v............... 604 Board Suprs. Rich. Co., People

272

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PAGE.

Bogart et al., White v........ 256
Booth v. B. and A. R. R. Co..... 38
B. and A. R. R. Co., Booth v.... 38
Boyd, Exr., etc., v. De La Mon-
tagnie
498
Bristow, Assignee, etc., Statts v.. 264
611
Bklyn., City of, Guest v.........
Bklyn., City of, In re Appln.
Com. Council in re N. 13th st. 179
Bklyn., City of, Townsend v..... 589
Burdett, Harris v.........
136

211

443