The San Francisco call., 1898-02-01

marriage of John Trubody took place: in June, 1882 The father and mother of plaintiffs resided and worked together; until. 1877, when the first wife, the: mother of the plaintiffs, died.
 In 1856 John Trubody purchased, ,: with the proceeds of the earnings of
 plaintiffs 8S0 acres of land in Napa. sold 700 acres: of the tract for $23,000.: The land was cultivated by the sons. on shares for the father. He constant. ly assured his two boys that each. one. should have orle-third of his es-. tate. The legal papers mentioned. the marriage of John Trubody to the de-. fendant, Jane Trubody, in: 1879. Her maiden name is: not given. j: = :. :
 In 1889 John Trubody, then over S1 years of. age, received injuries from a fall. According to the complaint in the case the wife (Jane) did not leave her husband. alone after the accident and: neither did she permit any of his kin. or friends to see him. Gradually she induced him to. deed to her piece after piece of his valuable property, until everything in the world he possessed was conveyed to her. She handled the affairs very well from a business point of view and built new houses and in- creased the revenues of the estate. The legal. papers aver that she obtained the
 property by fraud and :. undue in fluence The property conveyed to her is valued at S50, ,000. She got the Wash ington street brick house in June, 1893.
 Other pieces she obtained at various
 times. She did not get the Dunbar alley marble front until April 27, 1897, That was the last parcel of the whole lot. ..- .:-.. ;: " The plaintiffs, one of whom is Su- pervisor of Napa County, pray for Judgment of the court that said deeds be annulled and cancelled, and for such further relief as may be obtained and for an accounting of rents since the property was obtained. " ::
 There has been deal of gossip about the case since. the death of John Tru- body It. is said that witnesses as well known as Ralph c. Harrison and A. c. Merrill will be placed on the witness stand to testify that John Trubody intended to give each of his sons one third Of his estate and that he had will prepared to carry out such inten- tion. =:
 Gossip goes that Mrs. Trubody-the second wife, Jane-brought the vener- able husband to terms. by refusing to go to church. He was devout Meth odist and believed that n-attendance of divine worship was sin: not lightly to be passed: oXer,. and thererQre= ne made such concessions as transfer of worldly possessions in order to get his young spouse to attend the worship.
 It is said that~proof can be introduced to show that the mother; of the plain tfffs had money in bank at the time of her death and that John Trubody did not know of such deposit of money until after her demise. Then he pro- cured special letters. Of administration and obtained this money: .' During the early married life of John Trubody and his first wife they gave a home to John Smith, a man whom they picked up on the plains. Smith died at the brick. house on Washington street.: and, having no kith: or kin whom he knew, gave all of his property to the mother of plaintiffs: ::;
 It is claimed that the testimony. on the trial will show that the money in bank belonging to the mother of the: sons, as we'll as the property of Smith, went. ultimately to the second wife. Jane, who now lives in one of the Washington-street houses. She is still. a young widow, and, having money at. her disposal, will doubtless put LID a. beautiful fight to hold all that is now in. her keeping. The sons, too, are reso-. lute and mean business. They claim, to be able to show that she had nothing: when their father married her: and: that two thirds of what she now has belongs to them. -