The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-02
THE VAN RISWICK ESTATE.

The Will Contested of the Late Mrs.
Van Riswick and Compromised by
Which Mrs. Burton Carr Will Become
Possessed of About $685. 900 Worth of
Property.
Washington, ID. c.. May 1.-(SpeciaD-
Your readers are familiar with the llti-
ga ton n which Mrs. Burton Carr,
daughter-in-law of Ex-Governor Carr is
one of the parties. 1t has been compro-
missed Her mother, Mrs Van Riswick,
the widow of John Van Riswick, we'll
known in local business circles, died. leav-
ing but two children surviving her, Mrs.
Tallmadge A. Lambert and Mrs. w. h.
Carr. Her estate was valued al $2OO,OO0.
BY her will, dated February II, 1894,
she gave her only grandson, Wilton j..
Lambert, Van View," suburban place,
valued at about $4,000, and to his sis
tiers, Maud and Mildred she gave three
houses, 1411-13 V street and one on L
street between 18th and 18th. To Mrs.
Carr, who is childless, she gave premises
1413 X street for life, the profits from
the residue of the estate to be equally
divided between her and Mrs. Lambert,
with remainder to their issue, Mrs Carr,
Wilton j. Lambert being appointed exec
utors of the estate, and the latter being
also made trustee
Mrs. Carr contested the will, charging
, that it had been procured through the al
legged undue influence of Mrs. Van Ris-
wick's grandson. After "A trial before
Judge McCOmas, in Circuit Court No. ,,
of several weeks the jury sustained Mrs.
Cars contention in a verdict rendered
the I'd of last month. Judge McComas
overruled a motion for a new trial, and
then, negotiations having in view a set
Element of the controversy out of court
were commenced, with the result that an
agreement was practically reached to-day
between the respective counsel, Messrs.
X. Ross Perry and A. $. Worthington,
representing Mrs. Carr, and Messrs. Jere
NJ. Wilson, Henry IL. Davis and VIM. f.
Mattingly, on behalf of the Lambert fam
lily.
1t is expected that the necessary deeds
of conveyance will be filled in few days
BY the terms of the compromise, as stat
ed this afternoon, Wilton j. Lambert
will receive ivan View" very hand
somep lace, in fee, his sisters will receive
the Y street houses, said to be worth
from 600 to $4,000 each, in fee, and
Mrs. Carr will receive the X street house.
valued at about $4,000 in fee together
with it's contents. The residue Of the
estate will, at is understood, be equally
divided between Mrs. Lambert and Mrs
Carr in fee. Each side, it is said, will
bear its own share of the expenses of the
controversy.
Dr. William p. Carr has been elected
surgeon-in-chief of the Emergency Hospi-
tai. He is relative of Col. Julian S.
Carr, of North Carolina, and is one of
the most successful physicians in the city
PURNELL WILL BE CONFIRMED.
Mr.. Purnell is here A meeting of the
Senate judiciary committee will be held
on Monday to act upon his nomination.
1t is believed that he will be promptly
confirmed, though it is doubtful whether
he will be able to hold the Wilmington
term of court next week.
The sentiment among North Caro-
linians here is that Judge Purnell owes
his appointment primarily to the News
and Observer. There is no doubt that
if il had not exposed the program of
putting in a Southern Railway attorney,
Price or Boyd would have won the prize.
Purnell, while not so loyal as Price
and Boyd, is understood to be acceptable
to the Southern Railway. They saw. af-
ter the exposure, that the appointment of
widely known attorney would expose
their domination OF Pritchard. That
wouldn't do at this stage of the game.
and so Purnell got in.