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Ellen Carroll, Appellant, v. Jay W. Fowler, as Administrator with the Will Annexed of the Estate of William Fowler, Deceased, Respondent.
    
      Carroll v. Fowler, 171 App. Div. 976, affirmed.
    (Argued March 19, 1918;
    decided April 2, 1918.)
    Appeal from a judgment, entered December 13, 1915, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department overruling plaintiff’s exceptions, ordered to be heard in the first instance, by the Appellate Division, denying a motion for a new trial, and directing judgment in favor of defendant upon the nonsuit by the trial court. The action was to recover upon a non-negotiable writing, pleaded as a promissory note, which reads as follows:
    
      “ $2000 I promisid to
    Pay Ellen Carroll with use may 1, 1912
    Wm. Fowler ”
    The trial court dismissed the complaint on the ground that there was no sufficient proof of consideration.
    
      Frank S. Coburn and F. E. Hughitt for appellant.
    
      Frederick E. Storke for respondent.
   Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cuddeback, Hogan, McLaughlin and Crane, JJ.