The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-09
WANTS ANOTHER TRUSTEE.
MRS. r. z. PATTERSON COMPLAINS
ABOUT THE HANDLING OF
TRUST PROPERTY.

She Claims That the Present Trustee,
Mr.. ". f. Chaplin, Has Not Given
Her Enough of the PrOceeds-A
Date Set for the Hearing-A Mort
gage Some Furniture to BE
Professionalism Attachment suit
Brought Against ID. Griffin, Form
erIy "a Lawyer in Savannah
Mrs Edwina f. Patterson filed a petit
ton in the superior court yesterday,
through her attorneys, Messrs. John ].
Hunt & L. II. McLaws, asking the re-
moval of w. f. Chaplin as trustee of
trust estate left by her father. John r.
Hamlet Her children, John Hamlet and
Lillian f. Patterson. are also made par
ties plaintiff to the petition.
The petition sets forth that John R.
Hamlet left for her and her children
about $3.50 worth of improved real
estate in the city. and about $500
in stocks and bonds of several
kinds, and that all was placed
in the hands of w. f. Chaplin
as trustee. She makes the claim that if
the property had been properly managed
it should have yielded an income of about
1000 a year, which, she says, would have
been sufficient to support herself and
children.
For a while, when the trusteeship was
first created, she says, the trustee was
lavish in advancements of money made,
but stopped that about three years ago,
when steps were taken to secure another
trustee, but were afterward abandoned,
Mr.. Chaplin contending that he had over
paid her by about $500. Under an agree
ment then made, she states, he was to
pay her $50 a month and apply the bal
ance Of the income from the property to
the payment of that indebtedness to him.
She states that she has been receiving
$50 a month now for about two and
half years, and that If the balance of
the income has not been sufficient 20
pay him 1t is due to his mismanagement
and neglect Within the last few days,
she says. feeling that any debt due the
trustee had been paid by the retention of
part of the Income, and suf-
ties of life. she says She appealed
to him, and asked him to surrender the
trust to another, which he expressed a
willingness to do. but claimed that she
was indebted to him in still a larger
sum than $500. According to her state
ment ne said he would resign if that
to him should be selected in Savannah.
She says she has been deprived of state
UenlS Oh the IeCelplS anu disbursements
| of the fund, and that no annual state
ments of them have been filed in the
| court of ordinary, as is required by law.
Judge Fallgant issued a rule to show
/ cause, and will hear her petition for the
removal of the trustee on Nov. 2 at 10
| o'clock.
A mortgage in favor of Gerald NJ. Pelot,
| and against Sam b. Pelot for $50 princi-
/ pal, and $3.50 interest, was filed in the su-
/ perior court yesterday. The mortgage
/ covers a lot of furniture and household
| goods, which were the property of S. b.
! Pelot in January, at the time the mort
| gage was made. The furniture however,
/ has since been levied on under a judg-
i ment in favor of Emil A. Schwarz's Son,
/ and Is advertised to be sold this week
| An attachment suit was filed in the city
! court by Mr.. George w. Owens, repre-
| senting Otto Seller, as agent for A. X.
| Warch, against Dempsey Griffin, claim
| ing an Indebtedness of $500 Mr. Griffin
| having removed his residence from
| the state, garnishment was served
| on the Commercial Loan and Col
/ lection Agency, with which he was
! formerly connected, and on l.. J. Brown,
! his former partner Messrs. Griffin &
| Brown recently dissolved partnership, Mr.
| Griffin going to New York city to live, and
Mr.. Brown remaining in charge of the
| business here.