The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-22
WIDOW OF G.. B. HOGG
ASKS $4,000 A YEAR
Says She Didn't Know low
Rich lie Was When She Ac-
copied 5000 Annuity.
SUES HEIRS OF ESTATE

Having failed to break the will of her
husband, the late Charles II. Hogg. one
of the organizers of the Standard OIL
Company, Mrs. Caroline +. Hogg started
suit in the equity division OF the united
states District Court yesterday TO iorce
the executors and heirs of the Hogg
estate TO give her an annuai income OF
AT least $4,000. instead OF the $o'2oo
annuity she has been receiving.
Mrs. Uogg, who Ia now a resident OF
NeU .Jersey. In said to be n relative OF
Mrs. John Jacob Astor. h bases her
claim against her husbands estate on
an agreement entered into during MS
life I'm which he promised her an IN
come OF one-third of his entire yearly
| income for the rest of her Ire. pro-
yided she abandoned her plan or suing
him for a separation and alimony' She
assumed that his income was only Sl5'-
600 n year n In consequence accep'eu
an annuity of $4,000.
After Mr.. Hogs death In Brooklyn
In 1911. his widow, according
10 the complaint. learned that ms es-
tate was worth W 100000 ana
az. oo0. 900 and that his income must
have been between 10000 and 100000
n year.
when the plaintiff was married to MT.
uogg In 1875 the latter had three laugh
,ers by his first wife. They lived to-
re,her I'm Brooklyn until 1900. when
Mrs. Hogg, considering. according to the
complaint, that her husband was guilty
of such conduct as TO entitle her TO a
separation under the laws of New YORK
state" retained a lawyer TO a the
necessary steps to accomplish that end
and get alimony.
Mr.. Hogg, judging from the complaint.
was so anxious to keep tho matter out
OF court that he entered Into an agree
ment In which he not only promised
her one-third OF his estate II she would
desis, from her plans. but even offered
her all the freedom and advantage that
a cour, decree would have given TO her.
According to the complaint. II was
stipulated that they should live apart
and that she should act as an unmarried
woman. being free ito reside ut such
places and with such persons as she
shall from time to time think Mt"
on November 10. 1904. the complaint
says, tho "plaintin left said Hogg and
they never after lived together as man
and wife" Mr.. Hogg went to live with
one of his daughters in Brooklyn. lie
was - years old when he died.
After the fling OF Mr.. Hogs will.
leaving his entire fortune 20 his daugh-
ters, Mrs. Hocg brought suit In the
Supreme Court OF Wes,chester county
10 break the will and obtain a dover
right in her husbands estate. This
action was dismissed by Judge Keogh.
who ruled that Mrs. Hocg should abide
by her written agreement to accept an
annuity OF 5000.
Mrs. Hogg now seeks 10 have the
written agreement set aside on the
ground thai she was induced TO enter
INTO II through deception. She asks
that the estate he forced 20 pay her an
annuity in con'ormance with her hus-
bands oral promise 10 pay her one-third
OF his Income. II the court has no
jurisdiction to do this. she asks that
she be awarded AT least 100000 dam
ages to cover the difference between the
amount she should have been paid and
the amount she really received from Mr..
Iogg and his heirs. She also asks that
similar damages he awarded to her for
her remaining years.
The defendants in tho suit are Mr..
Hogs dsuGhIers. Mrs. Amelia 7. Lind
ridge, aga Vanderbilt avenue, Brooklyn !:
Mrs. Mary T.. Maxwell and Mrs. Annie
crafts. 423 Washington avenue, Brook
Ign. two Of his g~randdaughters men
toned in the will. and his two sons-in-
law. Thomas Y. Crafts and Lascelles c.
Maxwell, who are the executors under
the will.
d. Charles Rremner Hog was n native
Of Scotland and was educated at the
University OF Edinburgh. He was we'll
known in Brooklyn socially and was an
active horseman. lie was a membe OF
The Consolidated Exchange. the Produce
Exchange. the Down Town Association
and the Apawamls club.