Hughes v. Davenport
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Peter Hughes, the plaintiff in the first above-entitled action, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of June, 1895, upon the report of a referee.
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Appeal by Peter Hughes, the plaintiff in the first above-entitled action, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of June, 1895, upon the report of a referee. Appeal by Kate Walsh, the plaintiff in the second above-entitled action, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 3d day of June, 1895, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, P. J.:
The appeals in these two causes are from judgments entered upon a report of a referee.
The appellants in each case presented a claim against the estate of Rudolph Bach, deceased, which, having been rejected by the administrator, were by stipulation referred to a referee to hear and determine, and after a trial were held by the referee not to be established.
We have carefully examined the testimony in each case, and are of the opinion that the decision of the referee was correct, and that the judgment should be affirmed.
The deceased was an unmarried man, who from the year 1884 *183until…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kearney v. . McKeonNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
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- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Estate of SergantNew York Surrogate's Court · 1909
- In re the Estate of SalisburyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1903
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