The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05
District Courts

ment at 2532 Fourteenth street north
west. yesterday entered suit In the DIS
| trict Supreme Court against the alleged
Owner. Elizabeth J. Miller, seeking to
recover 1890 damages. because. he AYERS.
he stumbled over broken step leading
ION the apartment to the house and Sc
| riously injured himself. Hurley is repre-
scented by Attorney Leo Simmons.
Alleging that she was knocked down
and injured by an auto truck while
crossing Fourteenth street on February
10 to attend services at the Church OF
the Sacred Heayt. Margaret A. Custer.
through Attorneys Cuttings and Cham
berlin and Robert f. Nattingly, yester-
day entered suit for s2.JO damages in
the District Supreme Court against
George +. Page and Thomas {. Mc1n-
ness. alleged owners of the auto truck.
The will of Kate Jameson. who died
April 80. was filed for probate yesterday.
The will is dated November %. 1899. All
the estate is left to a sister. Elizabeth
II. Lester. but il is provided that If the
sister should die before the testatriN the
property is to go to nephew. Edwin
Fl. Gibson. OF Culpeper. Va. subject to
a charge of s12 month to be paid to
another nephew, Harry Davis, Edwin H.
Gibson is named executor.
Edward McCandless Noel in will
datey May 81. 1907. and filed for probate
yesterday. leaves all his estate to his
wife. Emma Wilson Noel and names her
eNecutrix. The testator died April Is.
Tho will of Horace Greeley Macfar-
land. dated May Is. 1913. and filed yes
terday. leaves his entire estate to his
wife. Arabella A mcfarland, and names
her ex, cutriN. lie died April %.
The will of Margaret Woodward
Church. dated November .. 1914. was fileu
for probate yesterday by Samuel Walter
Woodward and Melville d. Church. The
will leaves to the husband. Melville 70.
Church. the income from $1,000 and stock
in the Woodley Parkwood and Airy View
apartment houses. The $1,000 is to go
to a son. Melville Church. second, upon
his 2lst birthday. The testatrix leaves
to her mother ruby and diamond ring
and twelve gold plates, and to her father
anything of mine he may wish for
4 sister. Helen. is bcqueathed n diamond
horseshoe pin. a diamond bar pin and
other jewclry. and Il sister. Rena. cir
ale of pearls and a sapphire bracelet
string of coral is to be divided between
two nieccs Mary and Jane. Another sis
ter of the deceased is left two gold mesh
purses. a pearl and diamond bar pin and
Il pearl bracelet brother Is left
sapphire and diamond ring. \ sister-in-
law is left Il sapphire horseshoe pin. a
silver mesh purse and other jewelry.
Ella 3. Sewell is bequcathed 500 in cash.
The rest of the estate Is left to the hus-
band and son.
The National Metropolitan Bank yes
terday asked the District Supreme Court
retail and wholesale confeCtioner at -
Four-and -a-half street southwest The
bank alleges that Fischer owes it $500
Mrs Edna l.. Greer. who was Miss
Edna l.. Bowman. yesterday filed suit In
the District Supreme Court for limited
divorce and alimony from Charles f..
Greer who she says. is a solicitor for n
publishing concern and earns between SIS
and 81 week. Mrs. Greer says the
husband left her without making provi
sion for her support The couple have
no children. The wife is represented by
Attorneys Edward l.. Giles and Michael
g. O'Bricn.
Attorney J. Barrett Carter. representing
creditors of Charles a. Scheuch, jr..
baker and grocer ut 1866 Bladensburg
road have petitioned the District STU
preme Court to adjudge Scheuch a bank
rupt. Through Attorney r. I. Montague.
Scheuch admitted his insolvency and
consented that he be declared a bank |
rupt.
Edwin s Pease. Is years old, who was
bepueath ed $4,000 in one will of Mrs. |
Caroline l.. Rixford. but left only $4,000
in later will. is entitled to contest the
latest will. although he is neither an
heir-at-law nor next of kin to Mrs. Rix-
ford. according to an opinion by Justice |
Stafford. of the District Supreme Court. |
presiding in the probate division yester- |
day.
Trustees OF the estate OF the late Levi |
Il Letter, the millionaire of Chicago and |
Washington, yesterday asked the Dis |
triCt Supreme Court to have the auditor |
effect a settlement of their accounts of |
the management of the estate up to the |
time of the death of Mary T. Letter. |
widow OF the millionaire. The trustees |
set forth that they have increased the |
value of the estate, and they want a |
settlement because of the compleXity of
the accounts Of the estate.
The court is asked that an account |
may be had of the present assets of the /
trust estate. and that a statement be |
made showing the whole amount of the
estate at the time of Mrs. Letters death |
and that settlement be made between the |
trustees and beneficiaries entitled to in
come from the estate. 1t il explained |
that vacant properties were bettered by
borrowing from the estate and improv-
ing the property.
The trustees are Joseph Letter. Nancy
Carver Campbell, Marguerite
Hyde. Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire.
and Seymour Morris. The defendants
named are the executors of the will OF I
Mary T. Letter and the children and
of Levi Z. Letter Attor-
1eys BENJAMIN S. Minor and Harvey R.