The chronicle=news., 1913-12-06
s7,Q00,000 THE.
CAUSE Of l..
SUIT
luAnvEs or CALIFORNIA NIX.
INC HOMER ASK FOR NO
FORTUNE

tuc ohyA " Tue 'shssSk us'' ss' ""
tate of "i.ueky' baldwin ao legal
battle for the determination al in
hsriianec claims has caused ri''s IN
leF~sl than the ssss ius"lSinS ~"
vast estate ief, .y Mr.. Ar',h'a
Ste arms itaksr. who di.i .irre "n
September 10. 1919 which is "a IN.
aoekei for trial IN IL. iIhs Angeles
saIerior .0uTi. Some OF 'he :aost
noted lawyers in the stats. assisted
ny equally noted legal expects tram
other states will he arrayr'i against
each other In this remarkable s.s".
tn. estate. which Is ,aiusi ~ 81
c.0. 900. A. one time belonged u"
A',~i Siearns. ors Hi the most "r''s'
porous pioneers al California and
wss left by him To hi. widow when
be .iird about forty ycars axo. Seven
y-ars after MS death iAs xiho~ mar
risd coian.i u. u i,sk~r. . rciir a
army officer viih"ns property. VINO
aisa ten ysasS later. whsn N's
Rak-r died more Than n yssr aso q
Vas found that sAs had lett M ~si'.
Ii.r relatives. nj whom there AZ"
,sir,,-s.ysn IN California. made .
claim, for IN. estate. which has bs'a
uusu~,i over Tot aimin'sisaiion TO
the Tii- insassns- sna Tr"'' eon''
many of Los Angelo
Then III. qurstion developed - %
who had a just sia.'n nn"" the -s'a'e
Tn~s- 1. . provision in IN" cai'i"s"'s
statute. To tho effect that ~h~n
widow dies wisLnus issue and with
o.t leaving u will the property .a'
hsi o,,sirsa srnn, the aSrcasrd his'
hand and not disposed "f during h"r
Inc. .im~. r~..rts Ia ,..r heir. of 'h'
/ hu..rnd, II 4. und-r this provision
tb,, the fefty ar mot. relatives 'f
| Abel ss-arn.. the founder ~ '''
sr-n, fcrr,ns. sr- nsksas 'hch
sial,a. for tho .as' -statr. No~' ot
IN. rcpl-.tins relatives "f -s~ar"s
| ss.r ~.,a.I,s nj NS~ Ear'.na. while
rs,stisa,iy sii the .o.iss''ns r"'s-
t,x.x sl M,.. iiss"f ar" rr.sd"n's ~
california.
sac California; statue ~ quit
el~sr In it, phsas-oiosy and the ders-
sicu al the case -ti1 probably hsns"
!! uren tho inter rotation of the law
. eenc-snsns IN. force aad meaning ~
viii under certain rcadi'tcas-
When s,.s,n, ai-,i IL. i.fs a viii ny
watch h. i-f, ,a hi. uiaoN the hui.
at hi- estate IN .io with u as she >AS
tit Tn. will /. not Disputed br ~t'h.
~r side. bu, the EASTERN s"ntcstsa'a
for the estate ciain that .iiLousa
the will rnyc .r- widow vOss< s<s~s"n
.ti roairol of the property while shc
lived. u Lost tis i"suc when shc 'fs'i
vishsu, leaving , viii. tadcr thcsc
condition, tho property. the raas"rn
contestants claim. usast revert To the
relative. Of the huarand !" sreosd-
pu.- with the s,sutr at the saatc.
TIL, hs.tor, Of ,hs -siss- In au-s.
t,ou h. unusually in:cr-slins aud
JrS-. back ,a tho tim" when CA's-
fcrutp was - possession of NcAlco.
Abel S,-nins was horn as Ia ssn ~
a ,oor farmer at i.rnonburs hass.. Ia
i;sS. AZ =. Young man he embarked
in bvstuc-. near t,ustoa. DI. fa'i''
and wen, to .i,sico. whcr" ~ ,ioa.
,,rtc,i and trrd-d. In 1872 n" vert
to California and settled II "a m"-
sion, nov the .iiy of lAps Angeles.
II. started business ns q t'ad'r M"
,,ceamc wealthy. When gold ~as
s,rs, found In California ss,arn. ''c-
came interested 4, placer nininr and
i, was by him ,hs, the f,rs; shipment
Of goid from California to ;hc mint
af philadelphia was nad".
At the agc Of Is Stcarns married
the ii-ycar-oid daughter II n"n
Juan vandini. a wealthy MaN,ran ~
good family. When California w"st
made n part of the ,n''c'' states
s,carns. who was then considered tue
wealihiest man in the sta,c. was
PlCCtCu u H'NE'H"r ~ wv '""'S'"
tional convention. Ahtci trarcc the
constitution OF the state. Later nc!
served ns n member of :hr state scn.
ate for n number ii years. His land
holdings were enormous arr. Il nhcl
time he owned cst1i's aSHrcan;i"TI
1,:0o square miles In California. Tic
Lost n considerable part uf mis- bod !
ings when the United states 1o-l
quired California. through the fsf'.s- |
al OF the United Sta..s government,
to recognize his a. 20 the lantA.
Vet. when Stcarns died at San Fran
cisco in 1871. he left q vast iortrnc.
including the Laguna ranch nm thel
st,,,t LcaSt border Of l.os Angeles AnG |