New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-16
THE COURTS.
MRS. PRINCES WILL.


A CONTEST OVER THE CODICIL WHICH GIVES MOST
OF THE PROPERTY TO HER LAWYER
The contest over the codcil Of the will OF
Mrs. Carlssa f. Prince was begun before Surrogate
Lott in Brooklyn yesterday. The will was made on
October 10, 1885, nine days before she died. In the
body OF 1t she made bequests largo number OF rela-
and left the OF her estate to be divided ae-
cordIng to law. Three days afterward codicf was
added cutting off all her relatives and giving $1,000 TO
the seney Hospital and of her property which
is estimated at $4,000 Charles H. Frost. her lawyer
and of the Of the will The contests In
behalf Of four OF the immediate relatives.
Dr. A. Warner Shepard. Of the witnesses OF the
WILL and Mrs. Princes physician. testified that Mrs
Prince was not a generous woman and was unwilling
to pay his bill months before she Died she said
that she would remember him In her WILL put e tod er
he richer than she and that she should give the
money to some charitable institution. mentioning the
Seney Hospital to her. she told him she would leave
asked HIM a certificate to her soundness Of mind
she wanted to cut oil some relatives without any De
quests aud feared contest anu that the lawyers Wouu
get all her money. she said she tbought tue
ground Of the contest would be ntOxcaton. She took
gin "a silnuant put never was unuuiy uhuer lts l
ueuce. once she had delirlum and ldncleu tha per-
who dead still alive and standing beside
her bed and also that people VINO We're les away Mere
the house But she recovered and was as wen as ever
until She realized that she could take her money
with her On the day the cOdc was signed. Mr. Frost
leaving him troaU something The witness slid he al
ways understood that Mr.. Frost TO get few thou
d ~
! 1t was against Mrs. Princes wishes The
codcil was read TO her; and she said
sne understood IT, ard propped up IN bed to sign T.
Another lawyer, r. L. r. stanton, witness OF the Will
who read csdcli TO Mrs. Prince. told Dr. shepard
that it would oil the heirs, aud that 10 gave
several thousands dollars Mr. Frost after tho heirs
were provided for. The witness always supposed Mrs.
| Prince was worth about 100000
The witness asked n bo.ever saw Mr. Frost take
stlmuants with Mrs. Prince and he answered: III had
! I would have kicked him out OF the house.
| Is THE SINKING FUND PART OF TIE CITY DEBT !
Chief Justice Larremore and Judges Beach
and Bookstaver in the General Term OF tue Count Of
Common Pleas yesterday, heard argument o~he appeal
I'm the suit against city OF the Bank for Savings In
the city New York. the Emgrant Industrial Savings
Bank Robert Goelet and Joshua Jones, In which Judge
J. DAILY overruled the demurrer 10 the complaint ard
continued injunction prohibiting the Commissioners
OF The sinking Fund from suing $2,OOoOOO OF DOCK
bonds The proceedings were merely formal. tho object
being after the General Term has passed upon the case,
10 Obj ain decision by the Court or Appeals upon
The veNrd question whether TIE sinking Fund coustl-
tufeS mart the of the city, referred to
| I'm the constitutional amendment which limits tue In
debt-ness to not exceeding 10 per cent OF
the assessed valuation OF the real estate oil the city SUD
,ect To taxation Charles Miller argued the case Tor
The city and simon that OF the rospondepts The