New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-19
THE FAYER WEATHER NONE \
FIGHTING OVER IT BEGINS AGAIN
A SUIT BROUGHT DY TIE WIDOW. BEFORE HER
DEATH. TO BE PUSHED BY HER

DEATH. TO BE PUSHED BY HER
EXECUTORS.
The LEGAL faint over the nilloas left by DIM D.
Fayerweathcr Is about u lie resunei am 'hef' Is H.
teuqc when IL VIII be flushed. Mr.. Iaycr"eat ler
was a leather merchant down Ii the swamp
When he died II WAS discovered that he had left an
estate amounting to about 100000. or tas amount
he hcoueathcd over @3OOOOOC 10 different colleges
throughout the country and TO hOspl'als ma ON
charitable ms buttons in th city IHe "la'"' Lug
Fay,rwe,ther. ony received an annui V # 7l5 o.
and the house In Which she lived. and some other
small requests.
Tie .idue Of the estate. am ,un lug 10 S2Oooo v
or sa COO oOO was given 10 the executors Thomas u
Pitch Henry b. Vaughan and Justus L. Bulidcy. alb
solutely There was a general lcllcf that Mr. Faycr
", a;her made this beQues 10 the exrcnt rs with inc
understanding tat tey would dis ribte II nhdg 'he
colleges and other Institutions mentioned IN tie wh
and to such others as the executors thought leSI
The reason why Mr. Fnycrweath Old MT give tAe
entire estate the institutions was bei" ell u De
because the Inv did allow him 10 dispose OF more
than II certain share Of his estate for clnrtahi" uses
The w!d W, hSwCvCr and ore or Two he AT Vc' VIE
not satisfied with the provisions Of the WI ana
contest was begun In the -nrr'nte's court over me
oumcnt. AT this had been In po-rrs 20 80
time the executors made deed II ~; d.sp sing OF
the entire rsldnc OF The e'atr left In th,r ms u
the colleges Which MI lhScrWcdlHr h'u ""''''''''
I'm his WILL and 0l.o including a number Of 'taer
colleges Mrs Fayerweathcr also received larger
amount The contest then disc )ntinued. ana II
was generally expected that the estate would D. us
posed Of without further oub'e.
Mrs Fayerweather died on iuly l" last, and about
ten days ago d motion made In the Surrosa'eS
court having for Its purpose tie settlihS OF un'
collateral Inheritance tax IN Nr. Fayerweathers cs
fate At that time the fact was made known III
court that Mrs. Fayerwcather had become dSsltSheo
With the distribution OF be? husbands estate ana
that only four days before she died sue hhd begun
a suit In the supreme Court TO have the VIII set
aside The collateral Inheritance tax matter was
then adjourned for the purpose OF having the qcs-
ton settled whether or not the suit which she had
begun survived her death. motion was made be-
fore Justice Patterson IN the supreme Court Chambers
10 revive that suit and that motion granted yes
terdav Tic legal tangle will be much greater than
ever now The suit will BE- continued by the ex-
ecutors CT Mrs. Fuyerweathcr They are John h.
Reynolds and Morris b. Beardslcy. The executors
under the will Of Mr.. Fayerweather and those bene-
ncially Interested will be the defendants.
The nearest relatives now surviving Mr.. Payer
weather are twp nieces OF Muscatne, Iowa, to whom
he. bequeathed $4,000 each. Mr.. Fayerweather had
10 children Of his own, and the contest over his
millions will be carried Is few distant relatives
and strangers.
/ When the case came up yesterday before the Sur
rogate OH the question OF collateral Inheritance tax
ex-Judge Arnoux appeared and said that as the suit
which had been brought by Mrs. Fayerweather had
been revived the tax question would have to be nd
joured as nothing could Oe done untll that suit was
Settled. surrogate Ransom adjourned the tax matter
| Indefinitely.
The exact nuure o; the suit which Mrs. Fayer-
weather began i, not Known as yet. Only a sum
Of her DEATH and her executors Will have 10 frame
J their own complaint