The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-17
DISPUTE OVER A WILL.
Ferris Relatives Don't Want His
Estate Given to Poor.
Appellate Division Will Not De Very Busy
Next Summer.

The trial of the appeal from the de-
cision OF the Municipal Court OF this city
admitting TO probate an instrument In
writing purpofting to be the last will
and testament of Gilberto Ferri took
place before Judge Rogers and jury to-
day. The appeal was brought by Gui-
seppe Fe-ri, a nephew Of the deceased,
who is dissatisfied with the distribution
of his uncle's estate made by the instrn-
ment in dispute. The deceased had man
aged to accumulate what his relatives
claim was large amount OF property,
though his executor claims the estate Is
mortgaged for pretty near all II Is worth.
The property as it stands is.vslued at be-
tween six and seven thousand dollars.
In the will in question Gilbertu ordered
that the provision for bis housekeeper,
consisting of 1900 in money and his
household furniture, by former will to
te confirmed and carried out and that
the remainder OF his estate, after the ray
ment of his debts and funeral expenses,
should be given to the poor of his native
place In Italy.
The contestants OF the will claim that
the instrument offered by Executor Vim
cepzi Baroni is not the last viii and tes-
lament of Alberto Ferri, because at the
time Of making IL he was not OF sound
and disposing mind and that he was
fraudulently induced to make the disposi-
tion of his estate in the manner referred
to.
The witnesses TO the will were sharply
cross examined by George j. West, coun-
sci for the contestant, but they all denied
having noticed anything the matter with
the mind of the deceased, either before or
after the will was made. The persis-
tent queries of counsel, however,
brought out the facts that
the deceased wanted a band of music at
his funeral and had once said that God
was Furnishing him severely for some
thing, but for what he did not know
One of the witnesses to the will testified
that executor Baroni signed the will just
the same as the Others, but his name
does not appear among those affixed TO
that instrpment.
numb of witnesses testified in sup
port of the contests claims that the
deceased was for tine before his death
in an unfit condition TO make a will.
ID. ii. Sheaban was counsel for the
executor.
SETTLED BY AGREEMENT OF PARTIES.
After jury had been empanelled in Judge
Wilbur's court this morning for the trial
of the suit of Octave Roberts VS.. Moshas-
suck Railway company, counsel in the
case announced a settlement had been
reached by them. The railroad whose
owners were sued runs from sayiesviile
to Pawtucket. The plaintiff while at
work on one of the cars Of the road, in
April 1892, was thrown from the same and
quite severely injured.
APPELLATE DIVISION.
The following order has been entered In
this division OF the court.
"No causes except uncontested petitions
for divorce will be heard in the appellate
division at this session after June 1st,
1896"
The public laws provide for a vacation
OF the court in summer, but lsst year the
court was busy late into that season by
the delay of counsel in bringing cases to
trial.
Six applicants for admission to the
bar have already filed their applications
in the clerks office of the appellate divi-
sion of the Supreme Court.
Tbe examination of candidates will
begin on the 3lst and all applications
must be filed 10 days before that date.
ATTORNEY l.. FOX WINS HIS SUIT.
The jury in the case of attorney John
p. Fox against the City Of Providence
this afternoon brought in a verdict for
the plaintiff for slS94. SO. This amount
includes interest and is several hundred
dollars more than the city offered TO COM
promise the claim for.
Mr.. Fox sued to recover for extra SER
vice as member of the commission on
the widening and Strengthening of Wash.
ington street.
CRIMINAL CASES TOMORROW.
The Attorney General will begin the
trial of cases on the criminal docket to-
morrow morning. Parties under indict-
ment who are at the state institutions
VIII be first tried and then will come the
trial of parties out on bail. Some of the
latter cases promise to be interesting in
their development.