The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-28
FILED FOR PROBATE.
GREAT DAVIS WILL CONTEST CASE
SETTLED.
Distribution is Agreed Upon and the
Heirs Ask That j. III. Leyson Be
Appointed Administrators.

Butte, Mont, March 27-Rumors which
have been afloat for some time, with ref
erence to the settlement of the celebrated
Davis will case in this city, have not
been without foundation, for in the dis
trict court, today. the alleged will of the
dead millionaire was filed for probate.
The proponents, or Davis heirs, and
contestants. represented by Henry A.
Root, of Helena, have been figuring on a
settlement for several months, and
reached an agreement yesterday; and the
court has ratified the agreement by de-
cree which will be final. unless other par
ties claiming an interest in the estate put
in a legal appearance within a year.
The heirs have asked for the appoint
ment OF j. H. Leyson, Jeweler, OF this
city, as administrator, and Mr.. Leyson
has filed petition asking the court to
appoint him to the position.
The petition here shows that A. j. Da-
Wis died on March IL, 1890, and left an es-
tate of real and personal property valued
at 100000, consisting of bank, mining
and other stocks, mortgages and personal
property, and also property in Iowa and
Massachusetts. and that the heirs-at-law
have requested the appointment of Mr..
Leyson as administrator.
The names, ages and residences of the
heirS-at-laW are given as follows:
Erwin Davis, Ga, New York; Calvin p.
Davis, Y, California; Diana Davis, 81,
Connecticut; Maria Cummings, IA, Mas
sachusetts; Elizabeth Bowdin, 6S, Massa-
chusetts, sisters of the deceased; Ellen S.
Cornue, 81, New York; H. a. Root, 49,
Helena, Mont; Mary Louisa Dunbar. 81
Massachusetts; Lizzie A. Smith, 40. Cali
fornia; H. R. Sheffield, age unknown,
New York; Henry A Davis 81. Massa-
chusetts; Lizzie Ladd, 48, Massachusetts,;
Thea Jane Davis, 81. Butte; Edward Asa
Davis, &C. Chicago; Charles Granville Da-
Wis. 20; George Wesley Davis. "a; Morris
Allard Davis. 90 all of Chicago, and chill
dren of John e. Davis.
The manner in which the estate is to be
distributed is set forth in the document
ordering the probate of the will Harriet
R. Sheffield of Suffolk county, n. Y. and
Henry A. Davis, of Monson. Mass, heirs
of Asa Davis, brother of the dead MILL
onaire, are to receive one-fifueth OF the
estate; Andrew J. Davis jr-, and John E.
Davis, of Butte. Edward Asa Davis, Geo.
Wesley Davis, G. G. Davis and Norris
Albert Davis. of Chicago, heirs of John
A. Davis, deceased, a brother OF A j.
Davis, deceased, receive nineteen forty
fourths of the remainder; Henry A. Root
and Ellen S. Corune, of Croton Falls, y.
Y children of Anna G. Root, deceased,
sister of A. j. Davis, and Sarah NJ. Cum
mings of Ware, Mass. also sister OF the
dead millionaire, and Mary L. Dunbar, of
Springfield. Mass, a niece OF the dead
man, and Charles Ladd, her husband, and
Joshua G. Cornue, are to receive twenty
five-fortieths of what is left The will
eontains some requests, the delivery of
which is provided for in the order OF set
The settlement of the great legal battle
was brought about by the heirs them
selves, who, after holding several confer
ences with this object in view, concluded
that it would be better to get something
out of it than to permit It to dwindle
away in the hands of the attorneys.
While the adjustment was something of
a surprise here, it created but little ex-
citment, as 1t was anticipated.