The morning call., 1893-06-11
THE WILL OF 1872.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 1885.
we arrived safely on Friday morning and
waited tlll heard from you before cabling Won
l have had a talk with Mr. Grant. and found he
was just what / said he would be. He asked
me II you were pleased that / had been ad.
mitted to the firm. and as told you IL 1t Is not
satisfactory, he win wind up the business But
II all the family will only keep together, keen
Inc estate intact and gel II out of the LAWYERS
hands IL Will BIZ, In my opinion, mucn more
valuable IN few years than il is now. Today
the estate is valued at S1,75O,0oo Zone million
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollar,)
which, think, is putting 4 low estimate on the
estate. Howevrr 1t does not matter what the
estimate IL, but what the estate turns out l
spoke 10 MT. Grant about Mr.. John T Doyle
putting the estate into the hands of his own
law nrm. For OF course. being one OF the
executors, he could not be the LAWYER too
aud he told me 10 60 very SLOW as /
might get into deeper water. for though we
might change the lawyers. Doyle would stil
remain an executor. Mr.. Grant seems TO hold
very high opinion OF Doyle, but l notice he
does not employ him for his lawyer. Now for
Mr. Doyle. l called on him, and, after the
usual complimentary speeches, asked him to
explain the part of the will relating TO YOU
which he did, saying he would write 10 you and
II amounted TO. You simply have TO refuse
$4,000 year and come In as one Of the heirs
and as his wife you take VIII The wife Is en-
Titled 10 by law. which Is, think, half of the
real estate property by the laws of California
and third Of the rest of the property by the
laws of New York, but Doyle will write il
Iecally 10 you and probably explain 1t much
better than can or rather have tried to- Now
about sam. Sam. 1t would appear, is left
altogether In your hands; also his share OF the
estate Is left 10 you 10 do what you think right
and just. have told Sam that he need have no
lear, that know and aC snre he VIII share and
be as fairly treated as any of the other chill
dren. Of course Sam could throw the estate
into the courts and endeavor TO break the Will.
but know he won't and l am sure you Will
agree with me when say all the children ought
10 nave share and share alike, and though Sam
may not have done exactly the right thing. are
the rest Of us SO much better than he is? Now
Tor the most important ront Of all. In 1872
papa made Will, which is in existence, ana II
this one be broken the one OF '72 viii, Or they
/ mean Doyle-will try and prove that one In
1t are very large numbe: of charitable be-
guests, ana large ones. too, am told so you
will see The advisabilliy of going very slow. A
friend OF mine came To me and told me about It,
and in my Interview with Doyle asked him In
case there should be any trouble about this
will being proved, IL he knew OF any other Will
in existence, and he told me he did, and men.
toned the one of '72 l asked him II papa
knew that the will OF '72 was not DESTROYED
and he said ne supposed he did but am sure
and In my own mind am perfectly certain papa
did not know hat tile will of '72 was in exist
ence, and as Doyle Is executor IN both Wills, the
more complications In sight the better he
Is pleased. Mr.. Grant says there Is no
law. or rather there ought 10 b.
no cause for any In our estate. and
everything ought TO be settled up very easily
MY advice, mammal 10 you would be To put