New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-03-06
The VIII of Madame Jumel Burr.
LARGE REQUESTS TO CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
AN INTERESTING LITIGATION,

The will of Madame Eliza Jumel, widow oi
Aaron Burr, who died in July last is to be con.
tested by her heirs. The property involved in the
one and half million of dollars. The case will be
| tried before the Supreme Court in this city, in
April or May next; It came up yesterday before
Judge Clerke, in the Supreme Court chambers, on
motion made by the plaintiffs to settle the issues
on questions of fact arising in the peadings to be
tried by jury. The plaintiffs are William Ballou
Jones, Stephen Jumel Jones, Eliza Jumel Fran
neces of the testatrix, in conjunction with Mr..
Nelson Chase. The defendants are John Howard
Smith, John Tying. Adams, Gideon Pott-rector,
charchwardens and yestrymen of the Church of
the lntercesson, at Carmansville.
The following are the bequests contained in the
| contested bill:
To Fece Legardsre niece of Madame umes 900
Society resf Respectable INDECENT aged sOo
New York York Orphan Asylum 5O9
5000
Tuse,s Aged aud 1nrm Clergy fund of the Eps
Missionary Society for
The remainder of the proceeds of her property,
according to the will, was to be divided among
| the several persons and societies to whom the
foregoing payments are directed to be made, with
shares which shall be proportionate to the pay
| ment before mentioned and directed to be made
except that the rector, churchwarden and vestry-
men of the Church of the Intercession, and Felice
Legardare, are to receive only the previous specific
| amount.
| Estimating the value of the estate at eleven hun.
| dred thousand dollars, the donations to the New
York hospitals and societies receiving $1,000 in the
lists would amount to about $3.50 900 each.
The plaintiffs set forth that the will of Madame
| Jume is invalid ; that at the time of making such
pretended will she was of unsound mind that she
did not sign her name to the paper purportng to
WILL the complaint alleges that the only subscrip
| ton of Eliza B. Jume to the paper and all her
acts, were unlawfully and fraduentlylobtained and
procured by John Howard Smith, by means OF
| fraud, under influence and coercion.
The plaintiffs offer to pay under the direction o
the court the moneys which the will gives tc
Felce Legardare' who resides in a, France: 1,,
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Baronne and St. Joseph, tonight.
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: he was efficient in more warlike capacity IN
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