Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-17
DAUGHTER, SUING
MOTHER, SuOOAS
LEAVING STAND
Strain of Appearing Against
Parent Overc0mes Matron in
Vice-ChancellOr's Court.

The strain of being arrayed against
her mother and son in a bitter fight
for the possession of the house left by
her father proved too strong an ordeal
for Mrs. Annie e. Brown, of 615 Stewart
avenue. Arlington, with the result that
she swooned this morning after leav-
ing the stand in Vice-Chancellor
Howell's court--and. ~ was necessary
for the court to order a recess while
restoratives were applied.
The sight of her daughter lying un-
conscious on the floor had a greater
effect upon Mrs. Eliza j. Columbus. the
mother, than the feelings she has enter
tanned since the trouble began, and she
was the first to extend help and carry
her into a private room. Mrs. Brown s
condition was quite serious for 81 time,
and after being revived she became
hysterical calling out the name of her
dead father and saying she knew she
would soon join him in heaven.
Glancing about the room where she
had been carried Mrs. Browns eyes
alighted on her son stephen. over whom
the trouble has arisen.
II know | am going, Stephie; l know
/ am going, and | guess you Will be
glad. But l want you to know / for
give you for what you have done"
The son protested that he had taken
no part in tne dispute, but when he saw
his mother would not listen to him, he
rejoined the witnesses In the court
room. Mrs. Brown was still in very
nervous condition when she was helped
from the building at noon recess. Her
husband claims that the real cause of
her collapse was the refusal of the
mother to speak to her daughter when
the latter stepped up to her in front of
the building before court.
Jesse Columbus, husband of Mrs. Co
lumbus, died intestate November 80,
1901, leaving the property at els Stew
art avenue, Arlington. His only heir
and child was Mrs. Brown, the mother
having but third dover interest. Mrs.
Brown had son, Stephen Ferguson,
by a former husband, and when the
latter was threatened with court pro-
ceedings by his wife in 1902 his mother
conveyed her right in the property to
her mother so that she could go Sc
curity for Stephen. The expected pro-
ceedings did not materialize, but when
Mrs Brown asked her mother to give
her back her property she seemed loath
However, an agreement was reached
whereby Mrs. Columbus promised not
to dispose or will the property to any
one, and, as Mrs. Brown was the only
heir, she would inherit at the mothers
death. Both, in the meanwhile. were
living in the house.
On March IS, 1908. Mrs Brown saw
the report of the sale of the house to
one Irving V. Dorland. The latter in
turn conveyed it to one Margaret G.
Devoe, of Hastings, Hudson, New
York A bill was instituted in chan
Gerry for the recovery of the property,
but was dismissed because of lack OF
prosecution.
The mother claims that the property
was about to be sold or taken UP ny
a building and loan association because
of unpaid mortgages and that her
daughter conveyed it to her with the
understanding that she pay off all en-
cumbrances
Joseph Parker, jr., IS counsel for Mrs.
Brown, while Edward Kenny and Ed
ward S. Black appear for the defend
ants. 4N