Evening star., 1899-07-29
MRS. DAHLGREN'S ESTATE
Romaine Won Overlook, Daughter, Asks
for IN Accounting.
Statement of the Case as Made in the
Papers Filed Today in the ~,
Court.

Romatne Won Overlook, through Attor-
neys Carlisle and Johnson, filed SUIT In equi-
ty today against Ulrica Dahlgren Pierce, to
secure an accounting. The complainant is
citizen of the United States and resident
of Germany. The defendant is sued as the
executrix of Madeleine V. Dahlgren, de-
ceased, and also as the sole legatee of all
the personal estate and sole devisee of all
the real estate of Madeleine V. Dahlgren
1t Is stated by the complainant that the
cefendant. as executrix, has not settled the
estate of her mother, has filed no inventory
OF either the personal or real estate, and
stated no account as eXecutrix, and the
complainant Is uninformed to what es-
tate her mother, the defendants testatrix.
lett. She is advised, though, she says, that
a large estate was left, a part of which she
| believes is the product of the of certain
trust funds belonging to the complainant
that she is entitled to an equitable lien
upon the whole of the estate Of the testa-
trfx until upon an accounting the amount
due from her to the complainant shall have
been ascertained and paid.
1t is set forth in the bill that in the year
iot2 Samuel F. Vinton, the father of Made
leine " Dahlgren. and maternal grand
father of Romaine Won Overlook and Ul-
rica Dahlgren Pierce, died. By his will he
devised certain real estate, known as lots
=, and 8, square Ri, located on Massachu-
Setts avenue near 14th street, to Madeleine
V. Dahlgren for life, with remainder over
TO the complainant, Romaine Won Over
beck, who was at that time Romaine God
dard
Mrs. Dahlgren and her husband. the 2Sth
of September 1863, SO it is explained filed
suit in equity against the complainant and
her brother, Vinton B. Goddard, then a
minor, asking the sale of lots G and Z,
square 247, and alleging that 1.-The interests
of Vinton Goddard, as we'll as that of the
other parties interested, would be promoted
by sale of the lots and the investment of
the proceeds in some productive shape
BY order Of the court the lots were sold
for S14. .:S133, Walter S. Cox, late a justice
of the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia. being appointed trustee to sell.
Later Mrs. M. V. Dahlgren was appointed
trustee in place of Cox, who was discharg
ed at his own request, and who turned over
to her the fund in his hands. Vinton Cod
dard died in 1879. leaving Romaine Won
Overlook as his only heir at law and solely
entitled to the remainder in fee in the lets
ana or the proceeds of sale therefrom aris-
ing after the expiration of the life estate
therein Of Madeleine V. Dahlgren Upon
the death of the latter, SO the complainant
declares: she became entitled absolutely to
whole of fund amounting TO S25 C33.5, :3S3 less
proper charges and expenses
mrs: Won Overlook, continuing, says that
she always had unlimited confidence in her
mother, Madeleine V. Dahlgren, and trust
eu ner IN all things, and therefore never
sought to inform herself as to the manage
ment OF the trust estate. In her annual re-
port as trustee of the Vinton estate sub
hiIltu III 1881, II is said, Mrs. Dahlgren
stated that she had on hand, belonging to
the estate, but unnvested SIS, go % Mrs.
Won Overlook goes on to say that she had
no knowledge or means of discovering that
these statements of the trustee who was
the compiainants mother and possessed
her entire confidence, We're in any respect
inaccurate. and it was not until after the
death OF Mrs. Dahlgren and the necessity
for restoring to the trust estate S1S go %
that the complainant discovered for the
hrst time that the sum had no existence
IN fact, but had been used and expended
by Mrs. Dahlgren in her own enterprises,
ana should have been accounted for in the
annual reports. and the income therefrom
distributed at least annually. as required
by the will of Samuel F. Vinton.
Mrs. Dahlgren died May Is 1898 and bv
her Will bequeathed and devised her entire
estate to Ulrica d. Pierce and appointed the
latter sole executriX of the will. Several
accounts processing to show the amount
due Mrs. Won Overlook from the estate
were furnished by Uric D. Pierce. but it Is
charged, they We're inaccurate and were
rejected.
The complainant explains that the defend
ant has denied any and all liability of the
estate to the complainant and has refused
to pay to the complainant any sum what
soever as matter of right, but has offered
by way Of compromise to pay 5000
Mrs. Won Overlook charges that she is
entitled to have a receiver appointed by
the court to take possession OF all of the
estate, real and personal. left by Mrs
DahiSren, to preserve the same from waste
and miSapplication by the defendant