Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-29

THEIR MOTHERS ESTATE TAKEN
Alleged Change in Deed by Which He
Secured Possession Of Land Belong
ing to the Children and Then Willed
IT. All to the stepmother-other
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Eldora, Sept. Exchanging the'f
dead father with fraud, claiming that
their dead mother was cheated out OF
200 acres of land and asking that the
court establish their alleged rights in
the title to the 200 acres OF land IN
question. four of the heirs of the late
Selby b. Moran, of this city, have filed
unique petition with Clerk of the
Courts Meader today. The unusual ac-
cusations and the prominence of all
parties concerned will make an inter-
esting case at the next term of the
district court and it's progress and out
come will be watched with much inter-
est not only in Hardin county but all
over the Hawkeye state.
Mrs. Virginia Richards, DR.. George
Moran, DR.. Frank Moran and Lee Mor-
an are the petitioners Huff & Huff, OF
this city and j. H. Scales, of Ackley
are the attorneys and the petition cites
that the late S. B. Moran died in Feb
.ruary of this year; that his first wife
and the mother of the petitioners was
Miranda Moran That the said Mrs.
Miranda Moran died in 1885. That
in the early 70's the said Miranda
Moran came into possession Of the
land in controversy and that the same
was decided to her in fee simple by
one Peter Moran. That the mother and
wife confiding in and trusting her hus-
band delivered to his keeping the deed
and instructed the said Selby B. Moran
to see that the instrument was record
ed in the office of the recorder of Har-
din county. The petition further all
leges that the late Selby B. Moran did
then by fraud, wilfully and malic-
iously erase the name of the grantee,
Miranda Moran, from the deed and
substitute therefor the name of himself,
S. q. Moran, and that he did keep the
knowledge of this fraudulent act from
his wife during her lifetime and did
receive all of the rents, benefits, profits
and emoluments off said lard for many
years, and that at the time of his
death this property, which petitioners
claim belonged to their mother, and
to them, reverted and was willed to the
second wife of the said Selby B. Nor
an, Mrs Iowa Moran, their step-mother
and the now executrix Of the estate.
The land in question adjo;ns the
city plat of Eldora on the south and
would easily sell on the market today
at 500 per acre. Mr.. Moran left an
estate of something like 100000 and
the widow inherits the bulk of the
property, as per the terms of the Nor
an will. A deed has been filed in the
office of the recorder of this county
within the past three days, in which
the widow conveys 40 acres of the
land in controversy to Ed Fl. Lurdy,
well known Eldora lawyer, for
named consideration of $4,000. The
Morans have attained much promin-
ence in the world Of art, medicine,
science and letters. Eldora Moran, of
st. Louis, is recognized authority
the world over in phonetic methods
and conducts a large shorthand school
in the worlds fair city. Selby Moran,
of Ann Arbor, Mich, is an instructor
in the university is an educator of
note, and the author of many text
books used all over the country to-
day. Lee Moran is a prominent pho
tographer of Seattle, Wash, and DR..
Frank Moran, in st. Louis, and DR..
George Moran, in Detroit, Mich, are
recognized authorities in medicine.
The people of Eldora are proud of
the Moran family and many are inclin-
ed to the belief that they should have
received a larger share of the property
which their pioneer parents sought
and worked SO hard to win and at