Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-20

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HIS RKLRAsE HE SUES HIS CHILDREN TO RE-
covER POSSESSION OF PROPERTY.
In the Court in General Term to-day the
| case Of Samuel P. Ament, of Nashville. Tenn,
against Julia +. karr ct al, was argued. Messrs.
Freeman d Money for the complainant and
Messrs. Edwards d Barnard for defendants
The complainant is eighty-fve years of age,
and he sets forth that he had accumulated a
considerable estate; that he has six children,
! all grown; and that all of them, with the ex-
| ception Of Mrs. Karr, had systematically mall
treated him and worried him about his prop
erty. He says that he loved this daughter
(Mrs. Karr) and trusted her implicitly; that he
spent some time with her in 1879, 80. and 81,
when his health was not good and shortly after
the death of his wife, his other children having
deserted him, he leaned upon this daughter for
comfort and consolation. While here he states
that he purchased house and lot and had the
deed made to Mrs. Karr. taking notes from her
for the purchase-money and for advances made
for repairs, amounting in all to SS.426. They
were secured by deed of trust to Messrs. Cole
Meigs, and he voluntarily promised that she
might occupy the property for life. He sets
out that she wrote him. ''Some time ago
wrote you that could not get the house re-
paired while you had mortgage and a
lien at the same time. You wrote in
answer that you would be willing
to remove any mortgage that You might hold
and anything that Gen. Browne Cher ceunsel)
would suggest for my good in the matter you
would be satisfied with. l showed the letter
to Gen. Browne, and he understood as did.
We thought that was the only thing that is
wanting is to get the sale confirmed. So at
last when the court set Browne, at my earnest
his return home his health was bad and on
September 81. 1885, he was found. under pro-
ceedings instituted by his son, Sam'l NJ Ament
to have been insane for six years prior, and in
sane at the time. He states that in 1887 he was
declared restored to sanity. He charges that
his daughter, Julia F. Karr, aided her brother
and sisters in the proceedings; that his exact
condition was known to her, and he was in
duced to leave with her many valuable papers.
He further states that about sixty days prior to
being declared insane she and Mr.. Cole had
caused a release of the deed Of trust without
his knowledge or consent. This was June ~,
1885, and he states that on July IA following
she wrote to him in the most affectionate terms
and expressed the deepest sorrow for his con-
ditiOn. He declares that Cole and his daugh-
ter confederated together to release the trust
securing SC, 425, and it was fraudulent paper;
that afterward Mrs. Karr encountered the prop
erty by placing mortgages upon it. He asks
that the releases of the trust be set aside, as
also the membranes, and that the property
may be sold to satisfy his claim.
Mrs. karr, in her answer, claims that the
money paid for the property was not an ad-
vance, but gift, and that her father told her
that he would take a trust to protect her from
any creditors she might have.
Mr.. Cole denies the charges Of confeder-
ating to defraud and says that the complainant
frequently told him that he was buying the
property for his daughter. and that he took
tae deed of trust to protect her; that when the
deed Of release was presented by her attorney,
and seeing the notes in her possession marked
paid" he did not hesitate to sign the release.
In the court below the bill was dismissed, and
an appeal was taken from this decree.