, 1873-01-14
THE LAW COURTS.
In Unpleasant Family LaUsuit:..Ths Bar
net Estate in Chaucery.
The Treasurer Of Cicero and the
$4,000 Bonds.
Shaking Free from the Llens---
Claim for the. Value
Of Wheat.

Remarkable Insurance Transaehon---
Interesting Bankruptcy Notes.
An urolcaaant family lawsuit has been COM
nenccd in tho Circuit Court, which cannot en1
proye intensely disagreeablo to a number OF pco-
ME. and probably would not have been resofteo
n Int for the iu,pogsiblity of tho parties coming
to friendly understanding otherwise. Ihe DIS
nate arises out OF the property left BY the lete
George Barnet, and the alleged mismsnasement
of it lY the executors, ono OF whom II charged
With acting ruacly and improperly towards one
section Of the family, and partially to the other
another with wholly negleeting the duties OF hls
TRACT. gnd the other Ito whom the details OF
management have been confded) has fallen INTO
feeble health, Las gone to Europe. and Is nos
likely to recover sufficiently to enable him to un-
rrral the confusion into which tie affairs OF the
sa,r;lv seem to have fallen. .
The suit is brought by Louisa Lambe, nee
na,ne.. and Henriette G1ley Miller, nee Barnet
f1rho. II will be remembered, was united to Ben..
{. Miller in the month Of December 1ast), and
Annie Lena Barnet against Edward J. Tinkham,
Timothy B. Blackstone, tho wcll-known rail-
roader. john uossack, and the remaining me.I-
he-s Of the Barnet family. Tinkham is the
executor TO whom everything has been conhded,
.nd the others do net profess to know anything.
d. except nero gereralities, ns to the details o.
management OF tie estate. Blaekstonc nas
frankly and freely expressed his strong deslFa to
be discharged from duti5c which he cannot per-
form. and Hossacl is in . still worso position,
having incurred the suspicion that ne has at
tachcd hinself to the interests OF one or two
minors. to the exclusion of those Of the ranaln-
der OF the family
Tho bill relates that George Barnet died on
the 5t1 of January, 1861, leaving behind him his
wife Ann, Louisa, Annie L., Heuriette e.,
Gcorgina E. (afrs. McBean), Henry L., William
x J., James B., Alexander A., Charles George, and
Augusta Emily Barnet, all Of whom arc made
defendants, including tho widow, except the first
three daughters His will provided amongst
o.he, things that all his property should be IN
vested and managed by executors, and the pro-
ceeds funded, and divided thus:. One-third to
his widow forthwith Tin lieu Of. dower; one
tenth of tso-thirds to each Of the boys, to be
paid them On their attaining q years Of age;
and one~tenth Of two-thirds to each OF the
girls, to be paid them on their attaining
Is years Of age. The wife IVES to be matn1nneo @
III ~
desired over and above the necessaries Of Life,
out of the fund created by the third partlt1oned
to her, and the children we're to be Teu-educat.
ed and cared for, and properly brought up: At
three plaintiffs had already attained the age OF
l8, and claim that, under the Will, one OF the
first duties Of the executors was to ascertain
cod set aside for thom the portions due to them /;
instead of which, they hase never o0tane4 f t,,a .
state Of affairs in which the. property
now is, and have failed in every
attempt to obtain information as to the manner
in which tho procecds Of the estate hayo been 3e!
invested, ns to the proportions among the dn,
forent children who hnve reached full age, and
everything respecting their pecuniary condition,
which it is important to young persons entering
anon life that they should know It IS
assd that Stanpa ShDi tho eol oesq %
accounts due to. them, or oven IN lrsiSht
into their ai1airs, Mr.. Tinkham has wholly
abandoned them for the recovery Of his health
md there is no prospect sIp4anon flo fna 1Sne m
that Blackstone absorbed in his railroad
: ac;;cmes. has no inclination to listen to them,
and If he had e has had so little to do with tho
administration Of the property as to bo wholly
tLat Uosaack las rcpulaed them oven roughly,
nesircd not to see them eny more, and gone go
far that quite a breach has grown up between
them and that there seems very little prospect
Of iucir ever coming 10 the settie1neit 1A1teuoe9
b. tho testator and which the parties concerned
themselves DESIRE Without the Intervention OF
the Court BY having an exact inquiry made into
tho state of Affairs by the tlmo each ehlld at-
teiued tho,fuN age named in the will. and setting
aside tie amount due to each, end approprlatlng
he rents and accumulated moneys as directed:
Tho sun Of 5232 338. SO is stated by the plain
tifa to have been received by tho executors, with
which thew started to accomplish their trust,
but it is not known Of what it is composed. II
Al. ne}A IN Siafa nf rrntE
ipe from various undertakings in which money
has been invested, rents, and interest on stock,
and notes and tllat tho disbursements consist
OF tho several payments made to maintain the
family in q condition suitable to it's means, IN
surancos. and few small amounts for neccssary
outlaya, They nllego that, while this is tue
case, large payments have boon made to
several of the Sous, who have. been en-
year and upwards, by which they
are in danger Of contracting ruinous and spend
thrft habits, and that whilst certain Of the FAM
- liz hnve with great difficulty obtained the
necessary means OF living in comfort and OBJ
tanning such IN education ns the will contem-
plated, others have been encouraged in extrays-
giant habts and By lavish expenditure, and have
squsndered large sums Of money uselessly, and
without due cause: and that the whole family
is growing up ln utter ignorance as % TO lts e1, I,
being, one portion in enjoyment Of the funds
set aside especially for their use, and the other
enjoying either fixed income, or an ascertained
partition OF the property.
The following were the ages Of the children up
to the close Of last year:
Louise, 1s ye1rs Of ass before her fathers dc.th.
Annie L., is years Of ago before her fathers DEATH
Henrietta e., IS years Of age June "a, 1861.
georgina E., 1s years Of ago Sept !, 1862.
45eorge, u ye1rt Of age Oct. 4, 1867
Henry T., q years Of age Sept p, 1870.
= William j., IS years Of oge Dec. 3, 1879.
: James 3, II years Of age May 3, ls72.
Alexander H., II yeers of age April 10, 1872.
Under the will, fve of these should already
hRye had their tentls Of two-thirds OF the entire
es:ate invested III their names. The Court is
prayed to have an account taken Of the property,
60 as to direct the PORTIONS of. these hfirs, who
tnre arrived at full age, to bo declared, to allow
Blackstone to resign, to remove Hossack, and
appoint two competent and trustworty persons
in their place.
TIE TREASURER cF CICERO AND TIE $40, 900
BONDS.