Case Name: Thomas Lang et al., Appellants, v. Brooklyn City Railroad Company, Defendant, and The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1928-01-20
Citations: 247 N.Y. 551
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thomas Lang et al., Appellants, v. Brooklyn City Railroad Company, Defendant, and The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 551–552

Head Matter:
Thomas Lang et al., Appellants, v. Brooklyn City Railroad Company, Defendant, and The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Respondent.
(Argued January 10, 1928;
decided January 20, 1928.)
Joseph Lorenz and John F. X. Finn for appellants.
Maximilian Moss and Jackson A. Dykman for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs, question certified answered in the negative; no opinion.
Concur: Crane, Andrews and O'Brien, JJ.; Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Lehman and Kellogg, JJ., concur upon the ground that the declaration of trust pleaded in the complaint does not create an interest in favor of the cestuis que trust in advance of recovery or collection by the trustee.