Putnam patriot., 1914-09-11
THOMPSON BENEFITS By Decision in Probate Court Town Gets
 S6OO,0OO Money for Maintenance of TourtellOtte
 Memorial High School

Through a decision just handed down by Judge John A. Dahl of the probate court for Hennepin county, Minn., the town of Thompson will re- ceiye, if there is no appeal to higher courts, more than $500, 900 from the es- tate of Jacob Francis Tourtellotte, late of Minneapolis, formerly resident of the town of Thompson.
 MT. Tourtellotte died about two years ago in Minneapolis, the growth of which city to it's present imposing proportions from what it was when he flrst went there and began to acquire property being responsible in great de- gree for the amassing of his enormous fortune. He left large estate, in. cluding much real property in Minne. sota and a great amount of personal property.
 By his will he left what is estimated at about S600,0 900 to the town of Thompson for the support of the TourtelIotte Memorial High school, erected few years ago at North Gros- venordale, the building being one of the finest of it's kind in Kew England. His will named The Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Company of Hart ford and the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company of Providence as trus- tees for portions of his estate, the lite use of which was to go to heirs named in the will, among them his wife, Har- riet Arnold Tourtellotte.
 The residue of the property goes to the town of Thompson for the mainte- nance and support of the Tourtellotte High School and in case the income should prove to be more than sufficient to meet the cost of supporting the high school, the common schools of the town are to benefit.
 Following MT. Tourtellotte's death the executors of his estate petitioned the probate court for Hennepin coun- ty, Minn., for a construction of the will, it's executors alleging that the kOWn Oi loililooh boh AtO Po"St w hold property outside iof the town of Thompson, excepting such as it ao- tually used for the site of it's buildings and the buildings themselves: and the executors also attacked the power of the trust companies named to act as trustees of land in Minnesota. The pe- tition was dated August Is, 1913, and in due time was the means of having the questions raised tried out in the probate court for Hennepin county.
 At the hearings the town of Thomp- son was represented by kingman and Wallace of Minnesota as counsel, the executors by sGeorge B. Flannery and Henry Flannery, the trust companies named las trustees by Keith, Evans, Thompson and Fairchild and the town of Thompson for legal advice in this vicinity by Torrey and Geissler of Putnam. The questions considered were as to the ability of the town of Thompson to hold property outside of its limits and as tC the power of the trust companies in Connecticut and Rhode Island to act as trustees Of property in Minnesota.
 In his decision, handed down Aug. 2S Judge Dahl holds that the two trust companies have legal right to act as trustees for property held in Minnesota and that the town Of Thompson has a legal right to hold property outside of its limits There may be an appeal from this decision, but this is not certain at this time
 If the town of Thompson eventually gets the great 'sum intended for II as indicated in Mir. Tourtellotte's will 1t will have the most heavily endowed school system of its size Of any town in Connecticut and probably in New England.
 At reasonable rate of interest the money left the town by MT. Tourtel- lotte will produce more than S3O,O00 year income, sum sufficient not only to support the Tourtellotte High school but all of the common schools Of the town as we'll.