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MEADE v. CHESTNUT

2007-03778.

2008 NY Slip Op 06441

BRANDON CHARLES MEADE, ETC., ET AL., appellants, v. ANNA L. CHESTNUT, ET AL., defendants, CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, ET AL., respondents (and related actions).

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided July 29, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kuczinski, Vila & Associates, LLP, Tarrytown, N.Y. (William A. Prinsell of counsel), for appellants.

Helen M. Blackwood, Corporation Counsel (Martino & Weiss, Mount Vernon, N.Y. [Louis J. Martino], of counsel), for respondents.

Before: ROBERT A. SPOLZINO, J.P., RUTH C. BALKIN, THOMAS A. DICKERSON, ARIEL E. BELEN, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

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