The Washington times., 1911-09-06
SALE IS APPROVED u.
|. OF FULLER HOME
TO MRS. ALICE THAN
Court Sets Aside The Trust
Placed On Property
BY Will.

Sale of the residence Of former
Chief Justice Fuller, of the United
States Supreme Court, at 1901 r street.
northwest, for s52.500, to Mrs Alice
Copley Thaw, Of Pittsburg. sister of.
Harry Thaw, was authorized today by
Justice Gould. in Equity Court.
Benjamin F.. Minor and John, g.
Flannery are appointed trustees By
Justice Gould to transfer the property
to Mrs. Thaw, who will take posses.
sion as soon as repairs are made and
the transfer formalities concluded.
In directing the sale to Mrs. Thaw
Justice Gould set aside the trust
placed upon the property in the will.
of Mrs. Mary e. Fuller, wife OF the
Chief Justice. who died in 1904. JUS,
tice Gould decided this trust tied up
legal. After directing the sale to
Mrs. Thaw Justice Gould ordered the
estate referred to Auditor Dent, Of
the District Supreme Court. as to
the shares Of the heirs in the pro-
ceeds. p@-
When Chief Justice Fuller bought
the property many years ago title
was taken in the name Of his wife.
in the District in the Fuller estate. !
most of the Chief Justices estate,g
aggregating more than a million doll
lors. being held by trustees in Chi
cago.
The sale of the property to Mrs.
Thaw through the office of Horace-
E. Westcott, was announced in Thine
Times some weeks ago.
Loss In Building.
A decrease of $6e1, 245 In the amount
Of building begun In the District, IN
August as compared with that in July.
is shown by the report OF Build
ing Inspector Morris Hacker made pub
lie today. The decrease from the July
figures is about the game in amount as
the decrease In July from June.
Permits to the number of 1876, involv-,
ing an expenditure of $500 991. were Is.
sued during the month of August. The
permits included 1874 brick dwellings.
$372, 1l0; two stores and dwellings. $50t0;
four t9!n oos stores. $3.50; four apartmenss
mill, 81, $50; twenty-five frame dwellings,,
$751; 600; 164 brick repairs, Sl14.07S, and
seventy-six frame repairs, 1884.
The following summary will show the
riols sections of the District aud their
value: Ea--N
Buildings-Northeast, STA, 500; south
east, SO, $50: northwest, S299. $50; South
west, $500; county, $e2S.500; total. $G57, 73s.
Repairs-Northeast, $6,375; southeast.
1898; northwest. $116.19 southwest.
s3,525; county, SIS, ZIG; total, $751; 52.
In July, the value of new buildings for
which permits were issued was S1.4n,-
236, while In June It vas S2143,S16. Even
In May the figures reached nearly nlil-
lion and a half.
Sales Reported Today. ~
Several sales Of residence property are
reported today by the New York Real
Estate Brokers. Clarence D. Kefauver
bought from Julius Wohl the three
story dwelling at 1909 Corcoran street
northwest for $500. AS part payment
Mr.. Wohl took a lot containing 100
square feet Of ground on the North side
of NJ street northwest, Just west OF New
Hampshire avenue. al consideration
of $3.50
Richard S. Wolf bought from A. R.
Taylor three two-story houses, 1850 to
1859 Fourth street southeast, for $50
This sale was made IN connection with
D. H r. Drury For Mr.. Wolf an
acre of ground in Takoma Park, d. c..
was sold for $500. Several other smalf-
er deals were also closed.