The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-18
AFTER A. FORTUNE
Contest Over the Estate.
of. David. Hunter.
OVER "A MILLION AT STAKE.
A Suit in. the Superior Court That
Is Likely to Attract Wide
Attention.

There was filed 10 the Superior Cour4 of
TINS city yesterday suit entitled ,Joan
n. u: Hunter vs. Harmon j. Tilden and
INA RES liz :lllden. executors Of the estate
? OF the late David. Hunter. The attorneys
IN :1he,:case' are Morrison. Stratton e For
ester, and the value. of the properly in
VOWED IS estimated at million dollars.
! Associated In the defense with the execu-
stors are DANES Hunter Criehton. George
M ell thorn. Margaret Grain Wilkie, Mary
y ram, :BetSey Webster. Ellen Methorn
5ie war;, Peter Mechie, Thomas John son.
:. nam am Meehie, Red Company "a CORPORA
::tlonl blue Company "a corporation) and
% yum per OF. the numerous families of Doe
.and*Roe. !. :: - .1O'
r. ne major portion of the estate consists
OF real estate in San Francisco. soma of
1Wh lch 4 very: alna ble. Chief among fhe
Z Items: are. One 20-foot lot on Beldefi
street. at theeorner of Pine: another III.
:tle saiIe oioek; still another. with a.
iEehtaee OF ~ lection Sutter street and 90
-ieet on GRANT ayenue; a lot from ting as
leet on Bus n: street and 65 feet.Oi Grant.
avenue; 20 feet OF land on Third street at
me. e0rnaI OF Folsom; an improved LOT
1870. ,i'c leet elnches on Geary street at
:Ile corner OF Larkin; 100 feet on Van
: y ess avenue at Its junction with Ellis: a.
cetlalh iQt at the corner of Ellis and. La
=: gQila streets, having a frontage of 100 feet
IN Inc: former; a piece of real estate i'm
D.. CakIan9.< fronting 125 feet on jefferson.
street. >between Sixth and Seventh: 4 150-
foot1ot at the southwest cnraer az Santa
LARA. avenue and Sherman street. Ala
media, and certain lot in The Odd Eel:
lows Cemetery in this city.
= IN me: complaint Tie attorneys for the
ried tN.David Hunter. In thjs civ on. An:
gust IL 1898. and that the latter died on
the gth:9f May, 1893. They alIege thar mn
10 tne.sth day Of Jahuarv:of the present
year, the deceased ewned. II the property
;: described and had in his possession be.
sizes personal property con sisting of
claims: IN oneYs, credits. and chooses in ar
.:tleil' agsEegatlng IN valuethe SUM of SlGO.
ana thatihe rents and profits at the pres.
ent tune aIhuunt to- The sum of $1,000 a
month: -
= III their petition the. lawyers for. the
plaintiff assert that on the 9th of January
1898, David Hunter decided to h is wife the
enlIre }es sta te for the consideration. of love
and Affection. For some reason or other.
Throw tran spires that Mrs. Hunter failed
forsome reason, to have; the deed to the
: pro perry recorded at the new CITY Hall.
and that the deed is not now in her pos
session or under her control. Neither does
she know that the deed is in existence: but
she asserts that If 1T has been destroyed,
"the destruction must have. occurred within
'no 4Aoe elA HsOHtuSs-- FOI This reason IL Is
claimed that the document which was fled
claiming to be the will of David Hunt il
not valid, because of thefact that the prop
erty described in it. was decided to the
plaintiff ia -the indentnre which: was lost,
and Which was sworn to before E. a.
-:?Eharp.,a notary publc:of this city. The
witnesses To this document were Robert
:harrisOn, F, r. Whitcomb and c. l.. Til
:. den.
r After reeittng these. facts fully this
.:pfilIon asks THAT it be adjudged and
determined that. said deed was and Is a
!: valid grant and. conveyance to plaintiff of
; all said property. both real and personal,
:and that the. plaintiff is the owner in fee
and entitled to possession of ali said
property"
1t is also asked that the two executors
OF the estate be enje1ned from collecting
the rents and other income from the
estate. and that they be required to de-
liver TO Mrs. Hunter at :once all the prop
ertY now in their possession.
=; IL Is understood that the parties named
10 the WiHwill make fight on the ground
that The deed as claimed was not legal,
aud that this is partly SHOWN by the fact
shat it is not now in existence.