The Washington herald., 1915-10-14
District Courts

Justice Mccoy yesterday granted to
Thornton Robinson an absolute divorce
| from Ruth Robinson. a correspondent
had been named in the petition. Tho
plaintiff was represented by Attorney e.
H. Hemans. and the defendants attorney
| was Augustus W. Gray.
Nora M. Lawless yesterday filed suit
| for limited divorce from John J. Law
less. alleging cruelty and brutality. She
| says that last month her husband kicked
her down the back stairs aIaFlocked her
out of the house The plaintiff requests
| alimony and the custody of her three
| children. The couple were married Sep
| tember s. 1905. The wife's attorney is
Charles v. Inlay.
Through Attorney Richard ]. Quigley.
jeremiah Zuckowitzki yesterday filed Pc
tition to have his name changed to
jeremiah Zukoff. under which name he
| has gone for about six years. He says
| the name Zuckowitzki is unpronouncable
to many persons.
Sophie Maddox yesterday afternoon was
granted by Justice Mccoy letters of ad-
| ministration for the settlement of the
estate of Thomas o. Maddox. who died
yesterday.
Rudolph Saur. by the terms of his WILL
dated May II. 1915. and filed yesterday for
| probate. makes these bequests: Henry A.
| Hammer and William Yeatman. grand
sons, $50 each; Maize Saur, granddaugh-
| ter. SO; Lorraine Saur. granddaughter. $:
| August Saur. brother. $500: Fenelon and
John Saur sons fixtures of barber shop
at 139 Four-and-a- half street. The testa-
tor requests that his body be cremated.
G. H. Hammer, son-in-law, is named eX-
ecutor.
By the terms OF her will. dated May 10
and filed yesterday. Hattie c. Liesch.
who died September "a, leaves her D.
year-old daughter. Elizabeth Mary
Liesch. to her parents. James Childs and
Mary Childs. Mrs. Liesch had been sep
arated from her husband, Albert Liesch.
for four years preceding her death. Mr..
| Liesch is a carpenter and is said to live
at 1904 T street, AnacOstia.
Justice Anderson yesterday issued an
| order compelling the distribution of the
estate of Robert Portner. millionaire
brewer. who died in 1906. The will pro-
vided that the estate should not be dis
| tributed until thirty years after the
death of the testator. but Justice Ander-
| son held that this provision violated the
law against perpetuities.
The report of the American Security
and Trust Company, the executor. shows
! the estate to be about 81 $4,000. The Will
provided that one-half the income from
the trust fund should be paid to the
widow during her life and the other half
divided among the ten children. At her
death the total income was to be divided
among the children. The widow died in
1919, The heirs then instituted suit
against the trustee to have the court con-
strue the will.
The heirs are Edward G. Portner. Alvin
o. Portner. Paul V. Portner. Oscar c.
Koehler Eta v. Portner, Anna Portner,
Hilda Portner and Elsa Portner.
William H. Moor, who died September
30 by the tearms Of his will. dated
November "a, 19l1 leaves his entire
estate in fee simple to his brothers.
Daniel s. Moor Frederick A. Moor.
Edwin Moor, and Albert G. B. Moor.
Daniel Moor is named executor.
The will Of Greenberry Rowzee. who
died August 13. was filed yesterday for
probate, bearing the date of Juy 10.
1906. He leaves househould effects to
the wife, Lucinda Rowzee. To his son.
Eddie G. Rowzee, he leaves certain
property to be held in trust for the
widow during her natural life. In event
of her death the property Is to be sold
and the proceeds divided into six equal
parts and distributed as follows: Eddie
G. Rowzee. son; William NJ Rozee' son.
Lizzie Alberta Anderson. daughter; Julia
n. Rowzee, daughter-in-law. Samuel l..
Rowzee and Williamanna Rowzee. and
George Miller Rowzee. Frank H. Rowzee,
and Edgar A. Rowzee. The residue Is
left to the son. Eddie g. Rowzee, who is
named executor.
The following committee has been
appointed by the Court of Appeals Of the
District to hear complaints concerning
alleged misconduct Of members OF the
bar: Joseph ]. Darlington. Leigh Rob
inson. ]. Spalding Flannery. Adoiph A.
Hoehling, jr.. and Walter c. Clephane
By the trems Of her will, dated June
8. 1908. Margaret d. Fullerton. formerly
of Chillicothe. Ohio. leaves $500 to the
First Presbyterian Churcn of Chillicothe
and 5000 to Chillicothe Hospital. Mary
E. Penney, a friend. Is beaueathed N.oN.
There are number of bequest to
relatives.