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 1892, CHAPTER 598.

ROBERT G. SCHERER, REPORTER.

VOLUME XXIII.

ALBANY:

JAMES B. LYON, PUBLISHER.

1898.

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

ninety-eight.

BY JOHN PALMER, SECRETARY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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

Ree. Get· 17, 1898.

JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT

OTHER THAN THOSE DESIGNATED TO CONSTITUTE THE

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

Appointed September 16, 1897, vice John Sedgwick, deceased.
Appointed October 8, 1897, vice William J. Osborne, deceased.
Appointed January 1, 1898, vice Alton B. Parker, resigned.
Appointed Chief Judge in place of Van Wyck, J., resigned.
Appointed January 1, 1898, in place of Van Wyck, J, resigned.

**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.

ARTHUR S. TOMPKINS*

JAMES W. HOUGHTON.....

ALONZO P. STRONG.

Rensselaer county.
Richmond county.
Rockland county.

THEODORE H. SWIFT... ............................................................................................ St. Lawrence county.

WATSON LAMONT*
SAMUEL C. KEELER*.
JOHN E. RICHARDSON*.
FRANK H. ROBINSON.
BENJAMIN H. REEVE.
GEORGE H. SMITH*
HOWARD J. MEAD*

Saratoga county.
Schenectady county.
Schoharie county.

BRADFORD ALMY*

SEVERYN B. SHARPE‡..

ANDREW J. CHERITREE*
THOMAS A. LILLIE..

S. NELSON SAWYER*
SMITH LENT..

Seneca county.
Steuben county.
Suffolk county.

Sullivan county.
Tioga county.
Tompkins county.
Ulster county.
Warren county.
Washington county.

Westchester county.

JOHN T. KNOX...

Yates county.

Also Surrogates. + City Judge of New York city. Appointed by the Governor, vice A. T. Clearwater, resigned. § Appointed by the Governor, více Andrew J. Lorish, deceased,

JOHN H. BOOTH

JOHN V. WHITBECK

Albany county.
Cattaraugus county.
Cayuga county.
Chautauqua county.
Clinton county.
Columbia county.

CYRENUS P. DORLAND.......................................................................................... Dutchess county.
LOUIS W. MARCUS........................................... Erie county.
CHARLES L. ADAMS

Jefferson county.

GEORGE A. BENTON
W. BARLOW DUNLAP
JOHN H. V. ARNOLD.
FRANK T. FITZGERALD.

Monroe county.
Montgomery county.
New York county.
Oneida county.

EDGAR P. GLASS..
DAVID G. LAPHAM.
OBADIAH P. HOWELL
SHELDON B.

Ontario county.
Orange couuty.

AUGUSTUS N. WELLER
ALBERT C. COMSTOCK
JOHN A. VANCE

ELIAS H. PETERS.

MARTIN RUMSEY MILLER
NATHAN D. PETTY
JAMES A. BETTS..

Queens county.
Rensselaer county.
St. Lawrence county.
Saratoga county.

GREENVILLE M. INGALSBE
THEODORE H. SILKMAN

Suffolk county.
Ulster county.
Washington county.
Westchester county.