HSBC BANK USA, N.A. v. KNOX, W.A. READ ( 2012 )

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 622 CA 11-01693 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, AND LINDLEY, JJ. IN THE MATTER OF THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNT OF HSBC BANK USA, N.A. AS TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 21, 1957, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, GRANTOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUE OF SEYMOUR H. KNOX, III FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 21, 1957 TO NOVEMBER 3, 2005. ------------------------------------------------ OPINION AND ORDER HSBC BANK USA, N.A., PETITIONER-APPELLANT; W.A. READ KNOX, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, AVERY KNOX, HELEN KEILHOLTZ, AND DANIEL C. OLIVERIO, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR SEYMOUR H. KNOX, V, JOHN CLAYTON KNOX, AND GEORGIA BROWN KNOX, OBJECTANTS-RESPONDENTS. (PROCEEDING NO. 1.) (APPEAL NO. 3.) HARRIS BEACH PLLC, BUFFALO (RICHARD T. SULLIVAN OF COUNSEL), AND BLAIR & ROACH, TONAWANDA, FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT. DONALD G. MCGRATH, PLLC, WILLIAMSVILLE (DONALD G. MCGRATH OF COUNSEL), AND DUKE, HOLZMAN, PHOTIADIS & GRESENS LLP, BUFFALO, FOR OBJECTANTS- RESPONDENTS W.A. READ KNOX, SEYMOUR H. KNOX, IV, AVERY KNOX, AND HELEN KEILHOLTZ. HODGSON RUSS LLP, BUFFALO (DANIEL C. OLIVERIO OF COUNSEL), FOR OBJECTANT-RESPONDENT DANIEL C. OLIVERIO, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR SEYMOUR H. KNOX, V, JOHN CLAYTON KNOX, AND GEORGIA BROWN KNOX. Appeal from a statement for judgment of the Surrogate’s Court, Erie County (Barbara Howe, S.), entered May 24, 2011. The statement for judgment set forth the money damages for which petitioner is liable. It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs. Same Opinion by SCUDDER, P.J., as in HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v Knox ([appeal No. 2] ___ AD3d ___ [June 19, 2012]). -2- 622 CA 11-01693 Entered: June 19, 2012 Frances E. Cafarell Clerk of the Court