The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-30
SUES FOR $4,000.
Brother of Late Henry Hull After Part
of Estate.

suit for 100000 was filed today
before Probate Judge Hayden against
the estate of Henry Hull by his broth
er, DR.. VIM. Hull of North Topeka.
About fifty years ago the head of a
wealthy family decided to leave Eng
land and e1nigrate to America, the
land of greater promise and free
dom. The family, consisting of the
parents and four sons, emigrated to
New York and later moved to Chi
cago, where the boys grew to manhood
and entered various professions Two
of the sons, Henry and Thomas, en-
gagged in civil engineering and after
wards engaged in railroad building
adding to the fortune which had al
ready been accumulated by the elder
Hull. An understanding was had
among the brothers that they should
all remain Single and that the. estate
should descend from one to another
the oldest always having control of the
estate, in accordance with an old Eng
lish custom. After the death of the
parents the estate came into the hands
of the two older brothers, Henry and
Thomas, who kept it intact. In the
meantime the compact into which they
had entered to remain single had been
broken and Henry Hull married and
moved to Topeka, where he lived I'M
til the time of his death, about eigh-
teen months ago. Thomas died num-
Der of years ago, and in accordance
with the agreement. into which they
had entered his estate went to his
brother Henry, the brother Alfred
having died in the meantime There
had been no disagreement between the
two remaining brothers, and William
contends that an agreement existed
between the two of them that at the
death of either the estate should de-
scend to the survivor, and that under
that agreement he is entitled to the
estate left by his brother Henry.
When seen by a Journal reporter
Mrs. Hull had not heard of the filing
of the suit and said. az have not been
notified that such a suit has been COM
menced but 1 have been annoyed very
much at numerous times since my hus-
asked for favers in, money matters
from me. The story that the money
that my husband left to me when he
died came from an estate is without
foundation. Ny husband and his
brother Thomas had been in partner
ship in the railroad building for a
great many years and made their
money as partners in that way, and it
was the understanding that the money
that they had earned in this way
should be left TO the Surviving brother.
My husband as master car builder for
the Northwestern railroad built the
first Pullman car that was ever built
and the firm of my husband and his
brother made their money out of their
railroad and several patents that they
invented, and did not inherit 1t. One
of the inventions is the fish plate now
in use on nearly all of the railroads.
This man VIM Hull who has fled this
suit was never recognized by any of his
brothers either socially or in a business
way and while the closest friendship
has always existed between the re-
naming brothers William was never
treated as a brother by any of the boys
and this suit has only been brought for
the sake of annoying me, and in the
hopes that 1 may offer something as a
compromise. About six months ago
suit was started and the attorneys
called upon me with a proposition to
effect a compromise. There is abb
soluteIy no ground for a suit nor have
I cent to donate in the way of a COM
promise