Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court,

INCLUDING THE APPELLATE TERM OF THE SUPREME COURT
FOR THE HEARING OF APPEALS FROM THE CITY COURT OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK; SPECIAL TERMS AND TRIAL
TERMS OF THE SUPREME COURT, CITY COURT OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY COURTS
AND OF THE SURROGATES' COURTS, IN PUR-
SUANCE OF LAWS OF 189 CHAPTER 598.

ROBERT G. SCHERER, REPORTER.

VOLUME XXVI.

ALBANY:
JAMES B. LYON, PUBLISHER.

1899.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight bundret And

ninety-nine.

BY JOHN T, MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF THE STATE OP New YORK.

lo trust for the benefit of the People of the said State, in the office of the Librarian

of Congress, at Washington, D. C

Rie. Sepet

: 29,1877

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OTHER THAN THOSE DESIGNATED TO CONSTITUTE THE

APPELLATE DIVISION.

FIRST JUDICIAL D STRICT.
Hon. GEORGE P. ANDREWS,

Hon. LEONARD A. GIEGERICH,
MILES BEACH,

HENRY A. GILDERSLEEVE,
HENRY R. BEEKMAX,*

ABRAHAM R. LAWRENCE,
HENRY BISCHOFF, JR.,

DAVID LEVENTRITT,*
HENRY W. BOOKSTAVER,

CHARLES F. MACLEAN,
P. HENRY DUGR0,

DAVID MCADAM.
JAMES FITZGERALD,

FRANCIS M. SCOTT,
JOHN J. FREEDMAN,

FREDERICK SMYTH,
Hon. CHARLES H. TRUAX.

SECOND JUDICIAL DITRICT. Hon. JOSEPH F. BARNARD,**

Hon. ALMET F. JENKS, WILLIAM D. DICKEY,

MARTIN J. KEOUGH,
GARRET J. GARRETSON,

SAMUEL T. MADDOX,
WILLIAM J. GAYNOR,

JOSIAH T. MAREAN,
MICHAEL H. HIRSCHBERG

WILMOT M. SMITH,

THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

Hon, JAMES A. BETTS,

EMORY A. CHASE,

Hon ALDEN CHESTER,

SAMUEL EDWARDS,
Hon. EDGAR L. FURSMAN,

FOURIH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Hon. S. ALONZO KELLOGG,

Hon. LESLIE W. RUSSELL,
Hon. MARTIN L. STOVER.

FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Hon. FRANK H. AISCOCK,

Hon. PARDON C. WILLIAMS,
WILLIAM E. SCRIPTURE,

MAURICE L. WRIGHT.

SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Hon. GERRIT A. FORBES,

Hon. BURR MATTICE,
GEORGEF. LYON,

WALTER LLOYD SMITH.

SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Hon. JOHN M. DAVY,

Hon. CHARLES C. DWIGHT
JAMES W. DUNWELL,

EDWIN A NASH,
Hon. WILLIAM E. WERNER.

EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Hon. HENRY A. CHILDS,

Hon. JOHN S. LAMBERT,
WARREN B. HOOKER,

FRANK C. LAUGHLIN,
DANIEL J. KENEFICK,SS

ROBERT C TITUS,
Hon. TRUMAN C. WHITE.

JUSTICES OF THE CITY COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
Hon. JAMES M. FITZSIMONS, CH.J., $ Hon. JOHN HENRY MCCARTHY,
LEWIS J. CONLAN,

EDWARD F. ODWYER,
THEODORE F. HASCAIL,

JOHN P. SCHUCHMAN,

Also designated by the Appellate Division, First Department, to hold the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court for the hearing of appeals from the City Court of the city of New York, and The Municipal Court of the city of New York.

** Designated pursuant to sec. 12, Art. VI, of the Constitution. $ Appointed Chief Judge vice Van Wyck, J., resigned.

Appointed November 10, 1898, vice Manly C Green, deceased. 19 Appointed December 31, 1898, vice Hamilton Ward, deceased.

* Also Surrorates. + City Judge of New York city. I Ippointed December 19, 1998, vice Arthur S. Tompkins, resigned. $ Appointed March 13, 1899, vice Alfred D. Kennedy, deceased.

Hon. GEORGE H. FITTS .............. ............................. Albany county.
CARY D. DAVIE

Cattaraugus county. GEORGE B TURNER

..................................... Cayuga county. EGBERT E. WOODBURY

Chautauqua county. JOHN H. BOOTH

Clinton county: JOHN V. WHITBECK

Columbia county. CYRENUS P. DORLAND

Dutchess county. LUIS W. MARCUS

Erie county CHARLES L, ADAMS

Jefferson county. GEORGE B. ABBOTT

Kings county. GEORGE A. BENTON

Monroe county. W. BARLOW DUNLAP.................................

Montgomery county. JAMES M. VARNUM

New York county. FRANK T. FITZGERALD FREDERICK M. CALDER.............................

Oneida county. EDGAR P. GLASS

............................................ Onondaga county. DAVID G LAPHAM ..

Ontario county. OBADIAH P. HOWELL......

Orange county. SHELDON B. MEAD..

Oswego county. LYNN J. ARNOLD...................................... ...... Otsego county. DANIEL NOBLE.

Queens county. ALBERT C. COMSTOCK

.......... Rensselaer county. JOHN A. VANCE.

......................................... St. Lawrence county. ELIAS H. PETERS.

Saratoga county. MARTIN RUMSEY MILLER

.................................. Steuben county. NATHAN D, PETTY.

................................... Suffolk county. CHARLES DAVIS

.................................. Ulster county GRENVILLE M. INGALSBE.

........................ Washington county. THEODORE H. SILKMAN..

Westchester county.

SPECIAL SURROGATES.

Hon. REUBEN F. HOFF.......... .............................. Cayuga county.
LESLIE A. PEASE.

Chautaugua county. FRANK T EVANS

............. Jefferson county. ELLIOTT O. WORDEN

Oneida county. JOHN B. SWEZEY,

.......................................... Orange county. WILLIAM B. BAKER

......................................... Oswego county. ALRIC HERRIMAN..

............ St. Lawrence county. EDWARD H. PINNEY.

........................................ Sullivan county. CHARLES G. DAVIS

Washington county.

* Appointed Feb. 23, 1899, vice John H. V. Arnold, resigned.