The Detroit times., 1908-05-14
FOR SHARE
OF HUSBANDS
BIG ESTATE:
AGED WIDOW OF SAGINAW LUM.
herman SAYS sTEPcHILpREN
INDUCED HER TO SIGN AWAY
DOVER RIGHTS.

Unusual features abound In the suit
Of Caroline II. Eddy. widow OF the
late Charles X. Eddy. formerly OF Sag
NAV, against the sons and daughter
OF the deceased millionaire lumber
man. Mrs Eddy sues for share in
the estate.
This suit comes as an accidental
outcome Of the Mills divorce case,
tried las, year, in which Lila Eddy
Mills. daughter OF Charles X. Eddy.
was one OF the parties. Attorney Har-
ry, Helfmann, visiting Mrs. Eddy in
Woolwich. Ia, TO get deposition in
the Mills case learned that Mrs Eddy
was not aware Of the amount OF her
husbands estate, and Informed her o.;
her alleged rights in the matter. Mrs.
Eddy is now suing to get approximate
ly 100000 instead OF the $500 per
year annuity she now receives.
None OF the parties is In court, all
the testimony being read. Former
Congressman Alfred Lucking and Har-
ry Hoffman represents the widow,
and Attorney Watts Humphrey, OF
Saginaw, represents the children, Wal.
ter S. and Arthur d. Eddy, and Mrs.
Mills.
The deposition OF Mrs. Eddy, which
was read, states that she believes her
husbands estate 20 have been worth
about $750.000 and her share TO be
$4,000 in 1901, at the time OF his
death. or about 100000 now. He died
May 8. 1901. and she states that she
was visited sometime later by Walter
Eddy, who showed her a will giving
her an allowance OF $500 per year
for life, and that he offered her $500
additional 10 sign paper accepting
the terms of this will.
She says that she relied on Walter,
and did not think OF giving up her
rights, In fact did not know her rights.
Il was feeling as IL | wanted TO die
Il was tired OF this world her testi-
mony says.
She testified that she believed she
had to sign the paper TO get the $500
per year.
Mrs. Eddy is now So years OF age.
having been IS years OF age when her
husband died. She had been a child
hood acquaintance of Charles X.
Eddy, but they each married others.
and only after the death Of his first
wife and her frst husband did they
meet again and marry, Nov. 3. 1907.
The declaration and testimony tend
TO show that all was not harmonious,
however.
IL want TO show the animus OF the
family, toward the plaintiff" said At
torney Helfmann in arguing the case
to Judge Swan. Lila Mills shut the
complainant and her husband out of
the house. The spring after they were
married they went TO Saginaw, but
could not get into the house because
Lila Eddy Mills shut the door In the
face OF her own father and his wife.
The elder Eddy then went to Cali
fornia. and was living in Los Angeles
at the time of his death
Walter was nice TO her." said Help
mann, referring to the testimony. She
trusted him and he says that she was a
gentle old lady. She did not know the
value OF the estate nor her rights,
Nowhere does Walter Eddy testify
that he told her the real value. He
sent her off to live with her son In
Troutdale, Ore, the day after she
signed this paper He even hired a
man TO 60 with her.
There were number or objections
raised by Attorney Humphrey to vari-
Gus points in the reading OF testimony
we don't have to distort testimony
to show fraud" declared Helfmann.
suddenly turning on him.
The declaration sets up that Charles
X. Eddy divided up his property some
years before his death, giving four
ffths of ii to his children. IL is claim
ed that, OF the remainder, the widow
had a right TO one-third OF the per-
sonal property up to $4,000, one-sixth
OF the personal property above that
figure and to the use OF one-third OF
the real estate.
Some OF the testimony produced by
the plaintiff Is intended to show that
the will was not probated until after
Walter s. Eddy had seen his fathers
widow and after she had signed the
paper accepting the terms OF the will
and accepting $500 instead OF her
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