The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-05
FAIRS HEIRS BOUGHT OFF
Compromise Effected Which
Leaves an Open Field for
the Contest.
MONEY FOR COLLATERAL HEIRS
The Dead Millionaire's Children Pay
Out a Handsome Sum, as
Was Expected.
MONEY FOR COLLATERAL HEIRS.

Some of the collateral heirs of the James
G. Fair estate have been bought of by the
dead Senator's children, and negotiations
are pending with the remaining collateral
heirs for an amicable settlement.
This is in line with the statement re-
Gently made exclusively in THE CALL to
the effect that the Fair estate contest was
drawing near a final settlement by arrang-
ing matters with. the collateral heirs. The
other difficulty was the trust, and this the
children are endeavoring to abohsh
through the case now under consideration
of Judge Slack. Should the trust be de-
clare illegal, then the great conflict Will
have been settled for all time, and Her
mann Oelrichs, hts wife, Charles L. Fair
and Miss Fair will come in for their vast
inheritance.
The announcement made by THE CALL
that the secondary heirs would soon be
bought off was confirmed when the chill
dren borrowed $500 900 from the Nevada
Bank and at once distributed that large
sum among the collateral heirs few days
since. These heirs with the Dequests 10
each are as follows:
To Mary Anderson, sister of James G. Fair,
$3.50 900, to be divided among herself, her
husband and her children; to Margaret j..
Crothers, $3.50, 900, to be divided among her
SELF her husband and her children; to William
Fair, $50, 900, to be divided among himself,
his wife and children; Edward Fair, 1000,
to be divided among himself. his wife and
children; Andrew Fair, $4,000, to be divided
among himself. his wife and his children; Mary
]. Lundy, $1,000, to be divided among herself,
her husband and her children; James H. Fair
10000, TO be divided among himself, his wife
and children.
1t can DE seen from this list that the
hoo Co. Low fI,a Il
by Fairs children TO effect a compromise,
and besides the collateral heirs have held
that in addition to the requests they were
very deeply interested in the trust. The
100000, however, does not buy the col
lateral heirs requests, but simply binds
them to reinquish their rights of any or
all kinds, under the trust, in which is a
clause in favor of the collateral heirs. The
will provides that upon the death of the
three children, one-fourth of the estate
snail go to the children of either or both
daughters, and one-half to the children of
Fairs brothers and sisters. Should both
daughters die without issue, the whole
estate would go to the collateral heirs.
Here was prospect for the latter-a dis
tant prospect it is true-but then the IN
expected has an awkward faculty of hap
pening when least expected. With such a
prospect the children wisely decided on a
compromise, and no doubt the collateral
heirs concluded to forego the uncertainties
of years and tedious battles in law courts;
and they accepted the compromise in
good grace.
The children undoubtedly feel they have
gained victory in one step of their fight,
for with the collateral heirs out of the way
a clear field remains open for the conflict
with the trustees.
1t was stated yesterday by man who
has been familiar with the Fairs business
that this large sum of money-nearly half
million-had in all probability done
much more than effecting a compromise
with the collateral heirs. More than likely
it had bought off the trustees as we'll, and
left the whole matter settled and the es-
tate in the hands of Fairs children. The
Craven will long since had dropped be-
meath the consideration CT all parties con-
cerned, leaving only the trust to be de-
cided.
This wasdenied, however, by Carrot Nc
Enerney, attorney for the trustees.
The trustees know nothing of COM
promise between the heirs" said he.
"But no compromise has been effected
with the trustees, who will concede
nothing until the case is finally decided in
the courts"