Case Name: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Robert C. Embree, as Executor and Trustee of Jacob W. Morris, Deceased; Drayton Burrill et al., Trustees et al., Appellants; Lewis Morris et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1898-01-11
Citations: 154 N.Y. 778
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Robert C. Embree, as Executor and Trustee of Jacob W. Morris, Deceased; Drayton Burrill et al., Trustees et al., Appellants; Lewis Morris et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 778–778

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Robert C. Embree, as Executor and Trustee of Jacob W. Morris, Deceased; Drayton Burrill et al., Trustees et al., Appellants; Lewis Morris et al., Respondents.
Matter of Embree, 9 App. Div. 602, affirmed.
(Argued December 7, 1897;
decided January 11, 1898.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered November 16, 1896, and from the decree made in pursuance thereof, which reversed certain portions of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, settling the accounts of an executor and trustee of the will of Jacob W. Morris, deceased, and construing the will.
William G. Choate for appellants.
H. Snowden Marshall for respondents.

Opinion:
Order and decree affirmed and judgment absolute ordered for respondents, with costs, on opinion below.
All concur.