Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-22
The TAYLOR BROTHERS.
Their Amiabiliiy the Cause Of Trouble for
Their Descendants-WhatT They Had Was
Common Property.

Their AmlabIllty the Cause Of Trouble for
Their Desccndants-What They Had Was
Common Property.
j. Erastus McKelvy, Esq, yesterday filed
bill in equity in the Court of Common
Pleas No. on behalf Of John W. Taylor
and Walter G. Taylor, executors of the es-
tate of James Taylor, deceased, and against
John W. Taylor, Jr., administrator, of the
estate of John w. Taylor, deceased.
The case is an interesting one from the
fact that for 80 years the brothers carried on
the business of manufacturing and selling to-
= baccO IN its various forms. at No. All
Penn street, ancient nomenclature, now No.
1141 Penn avenue: that the firm was so well
known as to be regarded by many as sort
of representative institution OF the city, and
that it was conducted in style and spirit
the latter unfortunately nearly extinct
at present-that of absolute trust and con-
fidence. The brothers were old fashioned,
and never kept any account of their trans
actions with each other. They had no dis
agreements, and when family matters came
to be considered, they were able to mutually
satisfy each other without memoranda.
They also had the misfortune to be caught
in the crash of the Nation Trust Company,
and came out of the fiery ordeal unscathed.
This amiable and slip-shod method of doing
business was all right so long as the BROTH
ers were both in the flesh, but, as events
have proven, all wrong when they passed
over the river, as their respective families,
unfortunately, have not seen eve to eye as
did the brothers. The business was carried
on in the name and under the firm style
of John W. Taylor. Lovely in their
lives, in death they were not divided" not
long at least, John W. expiring on the 10th
of June 1888, and James on the 2Sth of
August in the same year, two months and
eight days later, John in the land of Canaan
as here, being slightly ahead of James in
position.
Plaintiffs set forth in their bill that James
and John W. devoted their entire time and
attention to business. and that it was very
profitable, and that the profits were devoted
to the increase of the business, the support
of the respective families and to investments
made in the interest of both brothers, CO.
partners; that after the death of John w.
Taylor, James continued in business and
with John w. Taylor, Jr., defendant, took
stock for the purpose of settling the CO.
partnership business, and the latter divided
with James Taylor, surviving partner, GER
tain school bonds which were pur-
chased out of the profit of the CO.
partnership, but before this business was
concluded, James Taylor died; that after
the death of james Taylor, defendant took
possession, but for four weeks continued to
recognize the partnership and paid to James
widow, a legatee under his will, certain
sums of money weekly, then ceased and
denied that a partnership ever existed,
and still persists, continuing to collect out
standing accounts; is converting the prop
erty into cash, refusing plaintiffs a chance to
participate and refusing to account to
plaintiffs. who allege that a settlement
would show the family of james Taylor to
be entitled to large sum of money, etc.
In this age business is business" and
while people may have such perfect conf
dence in each other as to write their personal
accounts on memory's sands, it is we'll for
them to keep in mind that, their mortality
having put on Immortality, their respective
families may not be disposed to keep up the
entente cordiale.