The sun., 1902-12-21
S75S,sS1POR MRS. S.DURANIROSE
ESTATE SIZE FOUGHT FOR WAS
WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

Referees Report In Her Long Litigation
with Her Brother for Her share Of
the Property Left ny Her Father.
Thomas 4. Durant-TOid Once That
the whole Estate Was $500.
Referee Augustus c. Brown. who was
appointed two years ago to take evidence
and determine the amount TO which Mrs.
Heloise Durant Rose was entitled out Of
the estate Of her father, DR.. Tho mas c.
Durant. one time the president of the
redt Mobilier and the founder OF the
Adirondack hallway Company, has de-
amounts now, with interest, to $713 1881, +,
and his report TO that effect will shortly
he submitted to the Supreme Court for
confirmation.
This report marks the elimination Of
a prolonged and bitter family litigation,
the chief actors in which were Mrs. Rose
and her brother. William W. DuI ant. DR..
Durants interests in the Adirondacks
dated back 10 the early '6s. and he be-
came the owner OF vast tracts OF land In
that region. besides his railway invest
ments. His connection with the Credit
Moblicr however, which was organized
TO build great railroad across the country,
with the help of a Government subsidy
proved disastrous, and his financial diffi-
culties were so great at the time OF his
death, on Oct S. 1885, that he was about
TO sell all his holdings in the Adirondack
Railway. He left a widow, Heloise. and
the two children who have been fighting
found, and the son, William Durant, was
made administrator. The daughter and
widow sailed for Europe shortly after DR..
Durant's death. while the son remained
here to look after the estate, which was
believed to be worth fully s. GOO 900.
IN NJ
remittances from her brother amounting
in all to $4,000. and by special arrange
ment with her mother she got an allowance
of 500 m IN in addition. This allow
ance was reduced to 500 a month, when the
dispute betw brother and sister first
began. and in July 1895 II was stopped
altogether She then took legal action
TO establish her share in the estate.
William Durant had told her that the
whole estate left by their father amounted
TO but 81 300. and that expt nses had cut this
down Ia bare 81. 900 Mrs. Rose ret aimed
John l.. Parsons and Charles s Davidscr. A..
Her brother engaged rs counsel Henry W.
Simpson and James NJ. Fiske
The first trial of the action between brother
and sister resulted in a dismissal. but at the
second, held in 1890 before Justice Beach,
Il was decided that Mrs Rose was entitled to
a one-third share In the estate. and her
brother was directed to render an account
ing from Jan. I, 1886, when he had taken
over the management Of the property.
William Duran, was also adj ldged in con-
tempt of court for reporting that the estate
emounted TO only 81 ,Ono. but he took an
appeal and escaped pu, 'hment by offering
to make full accounting.
Referee Brown decides that Mrs Rose q
one-third share in the estate amounted
10 $42a OSs. To this sum Is added interest
from 1884 70 1891 amounting to 81. 7.893 and
further interest from 1891 to date brings
the total up to S75s.o3i. All this share was
in stocks and securities Of the Adirondack
Railway Company. held 10y the father. The
referee also decides that the monthly al.
lowances received by Mrs Rose were free
not TO be debited against her in the &C.
counting.