New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
YOUTH SUES HIS MOTHER
Son Says Mrs. Minnie K. Young
Tried to Put Him in Asylum.
FATHERS ESTATE AT ISSUE
Trouble Is Due to Tight Rein IN
Money Matters, Says Lawyer
for the Young Man.

IRENE Court Yesterday against MS mother
( Mrs Minnie X. Young. q member OF the
! fashionable Tuxedo colony in which ne
/ alleges that. through coercion, duress ana
! imposition. she has tried TO defraud MN
| ont Of his share of the estate or ms
! father. part Of this alleged conspiracy
TO deprive him OF his property, Young al
! legged was an effort To have him connhen
! IN an asylum for the insane.
! Young Is twenty-five years old, and Is
connected with large trust company OF
! this city. Hc asked that his mother be
( compelled to render an accounting of the
| estate and he also asked an injunction To
restrain Mrs. Young from disposing OF any
| moro OF the property. The plaintir was
/ boy Of only nine years when he legally
! came into the property he now claims as
/ his and which h' said he inherited from
! his father William II. Young.
! This property came down TO the plaintiff
! from the estate Of his grandfather, who
was John \ Young, who died in 1850 leav-
! ing large estate The grandfather left
! his estate i'm trust for his wife and his
! four children. of whom the paintin 3
! father was one. Upon the death OF "A
! beneficiary his or her share was I" go to
the next OF kin. Mr. Young's father died
ON October 90. 1Sg9 Each of the children
/ Of John : Young had received $1,000 In
! trust and oue-dfth Of the residuary.
! The plaintiff said that he was the only
| son of William n. Young. who inherited
a share of this estate and thus was en-
utcd to that share However. Young
complained throughout his entire life that
/ O. a tn
has repeatedly told him that ne owned no
! real estate. kept him In ignorance ~ his
| property rights ana said that j." had no
| interest ~ property Of any sort.
| It was IN 1919, said Young-he was nine
teen Years old AT that time-when Mrs
Young cocrcod him into signing numer-
Gus deeds and other documents by threat
! cnlnG that she would have a committee Of
his person appointed and have him sent
10 an asylum I'm this manner Tho son
charged his mother with getting posses
sion Of his entire property. now worth
1ar-. amount Young alleged that his
mother threatened that she would produce
witnesses 10 provo that hc was d:ssi-
yat.d. cNtravagant aud Incompetent to
mau1s" his Own affairs
mother compelled him to sign an agreement
hy which hc was supposed ~ pay half the
expenses for the maintenance Of the home
100 Tuxedo although. he said. ne never lived
thore and seldom went there. He lived
I'm New Jersey. and So was relieved from
the payment Of, .5r' taxes on the estate I'm
New York Young asked that the deed ~
trust that he signed o." ret aside.
Young has brought stll another suit
AGAINST his mother for $50. which no 5tld
Mas due him from an automobile that he
sold her In 1910 re was 70 get N.iep for
the car Boz monthly instruments ~ $40. and
ho received only c".
Mr Carleton. Of the law firm ~ Jones q
Carleton. said. Tho troubl" between John
and his mother Is principally ia" TO The tight
rein iu money matters which mis- mother
has kept upon him The Young man ~
twenty-five years old. and naturally fr"ls
that ho would like 10 participate In "A lew
Of tho pleasures usually enjoyed 10y Young
men of his position. Ills mother, on re
contrary. Still seems ~ regard hun az a
child According To- the viii made los Mr..
Young grandfather, the young man
should have com" into q great deal OF
money on his twcuty-nrst birthday
f., WAS lust 4 coincidence that Justic" Bis
choff decided yesterday tn" suit brought to
SGT aside the will OF Mrs. annie L. Burgess,
an aunt of William II. Young. I'm which he
was formally mad" one 81 the defendants.
Tho action WAS brought by Gertrude y.
F,ruau. an h.r-at-law. who asked hat
TN. Will BE- set aside because II left more
than oue-hdlf Of the estate To charity,
which is against the law. Justice Bischon
upbeld thu, viii. holding that the property
was valued at {32S.iJ and that the public
bcgucsts amounted 10 Fl"A6l'' or Just ABOUT
ouc-half of that amount
Among the requests made by Mrs. Bur
90 vyor. $1,000 to Barnard College and
Columbia University together. 500" to
Hamilton College, and $500 to st. Luke's
Iospitol These Institutions also received
,h, residue of tho estate In equal parts.
These bequcsts now stand with the courts
decision made yesterday.