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THE

MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS.

CASES DECIDED

IN THE

COURTS OF RECORD

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK

OTHER THAN THE

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 for
THE BOROUGHS OF MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX AND THE
MUNICIPAL COURTS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE
BOROUGHS OF MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX; SPECIAL
TERMS AND TRIAL TERMS OF THE SUPREME COURT,
CITY COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. THE
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS OF THE PEACE

IN AND FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW
YORK, COUNTY COURTS, AND OF THE
SURROGATES' COURTS, IN PURSUANCE
OF LAWS OF 1892, CHAPTER 598.

ROBERT G. SCHERER, REPORTER.

VOLUME XXXIX.

ALBANY :

JAMES B. LYON, PUBLISHER.

1903.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand nine hundred and thr

BY JOHN F. O'BRIEN, SECRETARY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,

In trust for the benefit of the People of the said State, in the cffice of the Librar of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

Rec. Sept. 28, 1903,

JUSTICES OF THE CITY COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

JUDGES OF THE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS OF THE PEACE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

Hon. JOHN W. GOFF, RECOrder.
RUFUS B. COWING, CIty Judge.

Hon. WARREN W. FOSTER. JUDGE.
MARTIN T. MCMAHON, JUDGE.
Hon. JOSEPH E. NEWBURGER, JUDGE.

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 Courts of New York for the boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx, and The Municipal Courts of the city of New York for the boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx.

**Designated pursuant to sec. 12, Art. VI, of the Constitution.

Appointed December 26, 1901, vice Davi McAdam, deceased.

Appointe1 June 9, 1902, vice Miles Beach, deceased

$Appointed Chief Judge, vice Van Wyck, J., resigned.

Appointed September 11, 1902, vice George P. Andrews, deceased.

JOSEPH ASPINALL.

FREDERICK E. CRANE.
EDGAR S. K. MERRELL*

JOHN E. SMITH*

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Cattaraugus county.
Cayuga county.
Chautauqua county.
Chemung county.
Chenango county.
Clinton county.
Columbia county.
Cortland county.
Delaware county.
Dutchess county.
Erie county.
Essex county.
Franklin county.
Fulton county.
Genesee county.
Greene county.

Hamilton county.

Herkimer county.

Jefferson county.

Kings county. Lewis county. WILLIAM CARTER. ........................................................................................................ Livingston county. Madison county. ARTHUR E. SUTHERLAND.................................. Monroe county. CHARLES S. NISBET............................................................................................ Montgomery county. ROBERT SEABURY.......................................... Nassau county. CHARLES HICKEY.......................................... Niagara county. WATSON T. DUNMORE Oneida county. WILLIAM M. ROSS ................................................................................................... Onondaga county. WALTER H. KNAPP .................................................................................................................... Ontario county. JOHN J. BEATTIE.. EDWARD B. SIMONDS* MERRICK STOWELL.. JAMES W. BARNUM.

J. BENNETT SOUTHARD*......................................................................................
HARRISON S. MOORE
MICHAEL A. TIERNEY+.
STEPHEN D. STEPHENS*
ANDREW X. FALLON*.

Orange county.
Orleans county.
Oswego county.

Otsego county.

Putnam county.
Queens county.
Rensselaer county.
Richmond county.
Rockland county.

LEYARD P. HALE............................................. St. Lawrence county.

Saratoga county.

Schuyler county.
Seneca county.
Steuben county.

Sullivan county.

SPECIAL COUNTY JUDGES.

Hon. DANFORTH R. LEWIS.........

FRANK S. WHEELER

HENRY H. HARRINGTON.
ALPHONSO E. COOLEY,

JOHN B. M. STEPHENS..

W. BARLOW DUNLAP................................................................ Montgomery county. ABNER C. THOMAS.

NATHANIEL P. WILLIS.................... Otsego county.

FREDERICK FRASER.......................................................................................... Washington county.