The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-21
$IOO,OOOLEGACY GOESBEGGNG
JAMES %. AND g. W.. POST FEGHT
SHY or GRANDFATHERS MONEY.

Their Reasons NOG DisclOsed. but James n
II Also FaShGlng WIS wlreHS Application
for AlimonV and Counsel Fee-tHe's
Getting BlB q weck Drivlng an Auto.
An argument before Justice 0isgerich OF
tho Supreme Court yesterday on q motion
by Mrs. Hattie o'Brien Post for an order
directing James Brady Post 10 allow her
$3.50 q month AlimOny and 1,SOO counsel
foe pending the trial OF her suit for a d.
vorce from him brought out the fact. as
stated by counsel, that Post 10 working ~ a
chauffeur for wages Of about slS a week.
though he Ia entitled 20 an inheritance Of
$500, 900 from the estate Of his grandfather.
Immediately ATterward there was an
other argument In the case Of George W. and
James B. Post against Henry 9. Ingraham
as trustee. This motion disclosed that
James Brady Post and George w. Post, his
brother. are lighting tooth and nail, for rea-
sons best known TO themselves, against
being placed in possession Of the $4,000 o
their grandfather, James Brady, a Brooklyn
clothier, divided between them.
James B. Post married Miss Hattie
O'Brien in 1897, but they separated a few
years later. some time q no entered
into an agreement to allow her SIS q month,
and recently, when his mother, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Washington Post. died, he increased
the allowance voluntarily to 500 q month.
Posts lawyer told Justice Giegerich
that the young man was earning a small
livelihood as q chauffeur. but would come
into a considerable property through the
death Of his mother. On the strength
Of this legacy. counsel said. Post had bor-
rowed from a friend money enough 70 en-
able him to continue paying Mrs. Posts
allowance. Post was quite willing. his
lawyer said. to keep on paying Mrs. Post
500 a month. but he thought more would
be excessive, and that q fee of $50 for Mrs.
Posts legal expenses should be sufficient.
It developed later that Posts mothers
fear Of publicity and a family scandal had
been the real reason for the young mans
willingness 70 make an allowance 70 his
wife. Mrs. Post. the mother. had begged
her daughter-in-Iaw. IL was said. not to
press the divorce suit, and IL was kept in
abeyance until she died.
The other application before Justice
Giegerich was made bv the POST for a
permanent injunction to restrain Henry
G. M. Ingraham from continuing a pro-
ceeding in the SurrOgate's Court in Brooklyn
by which Mr.. Ingraham seeks to account
for his stewardship OF the estate of James
Brady and asks to be relieved as trustee.
Ex-Judge Augustus Van Wyck. for Mr..
Ingraham, told Justice Giegerich that
the Brady estate was worth more than
$500. 600, Of which a large share belonged
to the Posts as sons Of Mrs. Virginia WASH
ington Post. a daughter Of James Brady.
Her death, on August IL last. ended the
trust and q her sons beneficiaries Of
$500, 900 each. which would be handed over
to them as soon as Mr.. Ingraham could
ave his count approved by the Sur
roRate.
Mr.. I~ngraham's right to be relieved OF
the trusteeship could not be disputed.
said Mr.. Van Wyck. nor could It be under
stood why the young Posts were actively
opposing a proceeding that would place
each Of them In immediate possession Of a
large sum OF money.
Justice Giegerich reserved decision on
both motions.