Matter of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
2015 NY Slip Op 08532 [133 AD3d 1291]
November 20, 2015
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, December 30, 2015


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 In the Matter of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Successor by Merger to the Chase Manhattan Bank and Another, Successor in Interest to Lincoln First Bank, N.A., Successor by Consolidation to Lincoln First Bank of Rochester, as Trustee under the Trust Agreement Dated May 23, 1932 by Alvah G. Strong, Deceased, and Pursuant to the Exercise of the Power of Appointment under Paragraph Ninth of the Will of Marjorie H. Strong, Deceased, for the Benefit of Marjorie Strong Wehle, Deceased, Appellant-Respondent. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Successor by Merger to the Chase Manhattan Bank and Another, Successor in Interest to Lincoln First Bank, N.A., Successor by Consolidation to Lincoln First Bank of Rochester, as Trustee under Paragraph 22 (B) (4) of the Will of Alvah G. Strong, Deceased, for the Benefit of Marjorie Strong Wehle, Deceased, Appellant-Respondent. (Proceeding No. 2.) In the Matter of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Successor by Merger to the Chase Manhattan Bank and Another, Successor in Interest to Lincoln First Bank, N.A., Successor by Consolidation to Lincoln First Bank of Rochester, as Trustee under Paragraph Fourth of the Will of Alvah G. Strong, Deceased, for the Benefit of Marjorie Strong Wehle, Deceased, Appellant-Respondent. (Proceeding No. 3.) In the Matter of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Successor by Merger to the Chase Manhattan Bank and Another, Successor in Interest to Lincoln First Bank, N.A., Successor by Consolidation to Lincoln First Bank of Rochester, as Trustee under Paragraph Tenth of the Will of Marjorie H. Strong, Deceased, for [*2]the Benefit of Marjorie Strong Wehle, Deceased, Appellant-Respondent. (Proceeding No. 4.) Charles Wehle et al., Respondents-Appellants. (Appeal No. 3.)

Harris Beach PLLC, Pittsford (A. Vincent Buzard of counsel), for petitioner-appellant-respondent.

Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, Washington, D.C. (Mark A. Grannis of counsel), for objectants-respondents-appellants.

Appeal and cross appeal from an order of the Surrogate's Court, Monroe County (Edmund A. Calvaruso, S.), entered April 21, 2014. The order denied the motion of petitioner to set aside an amended order entered February 14, 2014.

It is hereby ordered that said appeal and cross appeal are unanimously dismissed without costs (see Hughes v Nussbaumer, Clarke & Velzy, 140 AD2d 988 [1988]; Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v Roberts & Roberts, 63 AD2d 566, 567 [1978]; see also CPLR 5501 [a] [1]). Present—Centra, J.P., Peradotto, Lindley, Whalen and DeJoseph, JJ.