Matter of Mercer, deceased
Motion No: 2015-07466
Slip Opinion No: 2016 NY Slip Op 79467(U)
Decided on July 13, 2016
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M214748

E/sl

MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

SHERI S. ROMAN

ROBERT J. MILLER

HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.

2015-07466

In the Matter of Norman J. Mercer, deceased.

BNY Mellon, N.A., et al., appellants;

Howard Mercer, et al., respondents.

(File No. 211 P 2008/D)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the respondents to strike stated portions of the appellants' reply brief on an appeal from an order of the Surrogate's Court, Suffolk County, entered March 30, 2015, on the ground that they improperly raise arguments for the first time on appeal, and for an award of costs and an attorney's fee.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to strike Point III of the appellants' reply brief, on pages 17 and 18, including footnote 7 on page 18, is granted, and that material has not been considered on the appeal; and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion is otherwise denied.

DILLON, J.P., ROMAN, MILLER and LASALLE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court