Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-18
LIE IS PASSED IN
ANDRADE FIGHT
JUDGE cENsUREs WRANGLlNG
LAWYERS
E. A. Meserve Arouses Ire of T. X.
Kase, for Mrs. BInn, by Declaring
He Sought to Gain
Publicity

When the contest over the control of
the estate of Gen. Guillermo Andrade,
late Mexican consul, was resumed before
Judge Rives yesterday the opposing coun-
sci engaged in a bitter quarrel and were
sharply rebuked by the court.
The trouble arose when Attorney E. A
Meserve, who represents F. A. Hartman,
executor of the estate, accused Attorney
T. K. Kase for Andrade's widow, now
Mrs. Guadalupe A. Blinn, of advertising
the case in the newspapers.
That's a mendacious statement"
shouted Attorney Kase, rising in his seat,
''and counsel knows it is not true"
"Well, you know whether it is true or
not" smilingly retorted Meserve. Kase
was about to reply when Judge Rfves in
terrupted with; This is no place for a
street brawl, gentlemen, and will have
to ask you to confine your remarks to
the matter before the court"
Attorney Meserve apologized for his
share of the disturbance, and remarked he
would settle the matter outside of the
court room.
II should not be surprised" replied
Kase, acrimoniously, I've heard of your
ruffianly character before"
But when they left the court there was
no further clash.
Much information was elected in yes
terday's hearing of the contest, and the
case may be settled without further liti-
cation. When Gen. Andrade died several
years ago he owned several thousand
acres in the state of Sonora, Mexico.
About twenty years ago he and Col. E. G.
Blythe bought 100000 acres of land in the
Colorado river valley. Before the time
for the first payments became due Col.
Blythe failed and was unable to consum-
| mate the purchase.
Sells Vast Tracts
Andrade bought in the whole tract at a
few cents an acre and later sold 10000
acres to the Petaluma company. This was
taken from the northern end of the large
tract, and a few years afterward he sold
| 225, 900 acres to the Colorado River Land
company
A year or two prior to his death the two
| companies asked for a guaranteed title
to the land, but this Gen. Andrade could
not give, as his own title was contested
| by Florence Blythe, a daughter of his
| former partner. When he died the gen.
eral still owned about 1850 acres in the
middle of what had been the original
| tract This land is the cause of the legal
| squabble.
| In his will, which Andrade wrote in
, Spanish, he left the whole tract to found
| the Institute Andrade, and put 1T in the
trust of three prominent Mexicans He
| explicitly specified that the land should
not be sold until it would bring IS an acre
which Attorney Meserve said yesterday
would not be for several hundred years.
The deceased also left large amount OF
property other than the land mostly In
| Mexican bonds, which were in a safety
deposit vault at the Farmers and Mer
| chants National bank in Los Angeles
| where there was also a large balance II
| the credit of the estate.
| For that part of the estate which is II
| this country F. A. Hartman was APP
pointed executor by the probate court H,
could not be executor for the Mexican
property because the laws of that re
public prohibit foreigner from acting II
that capacity
Accounting Asked
Hartman did not handle the affairs O
the estate in a manner to suit Mrs. An
drade, now Mrs Blinn, and she petitioneC
the probate court to force him to give
an accounting. When that petition wal
heard several monthse ago there wer'
lively times in court, Attorney Kase in
timating that he had evidence of extrava
ganee on the part of the executor and o.
a conspiracy to defraud the estate.
He went further, and filed a petition t.
have Hartman's executorship revoked
and the matter came up for hearing yes
terday. In a lengthy address to the court
Meserve defended the action of Hartman
and declared the heirs I'M this country
have no claim to the Mexican property
which they had charged Hartman will
| neglecting to include in the inventory oil
the estate.
In every instance Andrade made casE
! requests to all of the heirs. and as soor