Matter of Tucker
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 2, 1919, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying the application herein. Petitioners were life tenants of lands condemned by the city of New York in 1877. They then accepted a gross sum in payment of their interest in the land.
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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 2, 1919, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying the application herein. Petitioners were life tenants of lands condemned by the city of New York in 1877. They then accepted a gross sum in payment of their interest in the land. The balance of award on deposit with the chamberlain of the city of New York to the credit of unknown owners (the remaindermen) has grown to an amount largely in excess of the original award. The life tenants seek in this proceeding…
1Opinion of the Court
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Chase, Collin, Cardozo, Pound, Crane and Andrews-, JJ. Absent: His cock, Ch. J.
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