        SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
           Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

307
CA 16-00939
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, CURRAN, AND SCUDDER, JJ.


IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANTHONY J.
THOMAS, DECEASED
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY THOMAS,
DECEASED.
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JOSEPH M. THOMAS AND GLORIA M. BORRELLI,
PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS,

                    V                                             ORDER

TOM J. THOMAS, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.
(APPEAL NO. 1.)


BOND, SCHOENECK & KING, PLLC, ROCHESTER (JONATHAN B. FELLOWS OF
COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS.

ADAMS BELL ADAMS, P.C., ROCHESTER (ANTHONY J. ADAMS, JR., OF COUNSEL),
AND LACY KATZEN (RACHELLE H. NUHFER OF COUNSEL), FOR
RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.


     Appeal from an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Monroe County
(John M. Owens, S.), entered March 4, 2016. The order, among other
things, directed that petitioners have the burden of proof at the
hearing to establish that New York State Fence Company stock should be
included in the estates.

     It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed
without costs (see Hughes v Nussbaumer, Clarke & Velzy, 140 AD2d 988;
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v Roberts & Roberts, 63 AD2d 566, 567; see
also CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).




Entered: March 31, 2017                          Frances E. Cafarell
                                                 Clerk of the Court
