The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-20
rnE 100000 900 DArrs ESTATE.
Appiiestio- o. Bshsir OF Mrs.. shsHsid Eor
the Appointuent OF an Administrator.

the Appointunent OF an Administrator.
An attempt was made yesterday 10 bring
into the local courts the litigation which has
been going on in Montana for nearly four
years over the S1O00OO 900 left by Andrew j.
Davis. who died on March H. 1890. At the
same time the lawyers denied the story pub
lished yesterday tot the effect that the litigation
in Montana had all been settled.
Mrs Harriet X Sheffield OF New Rochelle.
a niece Of Andrew J. Davis. applied to surro-
gate Ransom for the appointment OF an adj
minlstrator in this city TO take charge OF what
ever property may be found In this State be-
longing to the Davis estate. Her lawyers. w.
S. Logan and W. l.. schneider, declared that n
conspiracy had been formed by the parties In
Montana to deprive her OF her rights and to
defraud her OF her share Of the estate. Mrs.
ShefIleld. they said. was shut out OF the will
contest in Montana through technically
Col. Ingersoll. in opposing the application on
behalf Of the executors. said that there was no
property in this part OF the country that would
Justify the court in appointing an adminlstra-
tor. Several years ago. he said. there were
several hundred thousand dollars worth Of
stocks and securities belonging to the estate
ier red them to CLARK. Dodge 4 Co. who. in
turn, sent them to the Administrator OF the
Mrs sheffied's lawyers, in order TO convince
the Surrogate that he had lurisdietion o. the
es,Sie GTS"a s, IN, in adayt from r MIN
belonging to his brothers estate and Is In
de!ted'to the estate to the extent OF $500.
money was borrowed in 1855, and the clothes
were left here by Andrew J. Davis in 1889:
Irwin Davis owed the estate about S50O.0O0.
which he had borrowed in small sums a;s at NHsl n,
notes. some Of these s notes had matured and
on. 22pe Of them Judgment had been e, r, taken sk
HaF ritvhf IA val a. IN
che applied to the courts OF Montana. where
the action is stil pending; There is not dol
lars worth o. property belonging to the estate
We think there is" broke in Mr.. Logan;
here. and we want a subpoena to examine wit
nesses TO find it. We think ZONE OF Col. lnger-
to Col. Ingersoll may have some oft yourself"
Well said Surrogate Ransom, laughing,
~ all the reports are true C9i, lngersTIli
deserves 1t for the work he has done In the
II never had ono dollar fit" the Colonel
said. and there Ia not one dollar of that estate
n this city ! hunted for It myself years ago;
bought out the interest S Of Mrs, sheiIisid The
inss were e. not bpoasht Gn good iaits ''O0'0'
Lawyer Schnei der said that John A. Davis
and other heirs had entered intoa stipulation
court. to the ' exclusion Of Mrs. Shefiieid. who
waste be barred out II possible.
vent. and we therefore ask the Court to appoint
an administrator so that the will may be Iii.
gated here. There will be no further contest
over the will In the Montana courts. and moth
ing will be done out there until they know
Surrogate Hanson said that he hesitated to
make q decision that would be tantamount to
reviewing the finding OF the Montana courts
that Mrs Sheffield was not entitled to contest
the will He reserved his decision.
=! HE;IENA, Dec. 1@-Andrew J; Davis. Jr.. and
W. W. Dixon. one OF the attorneys for tho
estate, deny emphatically the report that
contest.
1t Is understood that tho Root heirs and A. J.
Davis have agreed on a settlement and all de-
division OF 81. OOO.OOO The trouble now arises
from other claimants. one residing in New
York State and another in California. Nego-
tations with them are now In progress.