Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-23
DAUGHTER FILES
new ACTION in
BROWN Will CASE
Wants Alleged Secret Agree.
rnent Giving Irene Dickson
$500 Monthly Set Aside


To have declared void what she al
legged was q secret agreement
whereby Miss Irene K. Dickson was
being paid $500 a month from the
estate of the late Cecil Brown, instead
of $50 a month as provided in the
will, Mrs. Mary Kaniu Jarrett, wife OF
Representative James Jarrett and q
daughter of Mr.. Brown, has filed II
circuit court a document entitled
action to enforce trust, for injune
ton and other equitable relief, nam
ing Heinrich NJ Won Holt, trustee anu
executor, and Miss Dickson as respon
dents. =.
The suit has the appearance of a
new angle to the litigation which was
begun when Miss Dickson sought to
contest the will of Cecil Brown on the
ground he was unable, mentally and
otherwise, to execute it. This litiga
ton was closed after a compromise
was effected, but the grounds of the
compromise we're never made public
According to the petition just filed
Slr. Brown, on May IL, 1914, made a
will bequeathing Mrs Jarrett, under
the name of Mary K. Brown, a life in
terest in his estate of 500 month
This will was duly admitted to pro-
bate and Mr.. Won Holt was appointed
executor. 1t is also alleged that un'
der the same will Miss Dickson was
given life interest of $3.50 month.
By the terms of the will Mr.. Won
Holt was made trustee of the entire
corpus of the estate for the payment
of the legacies, and was to hold the
estate in trust during the life OF Miss
Dickson and Mrs. Jarrett.
Prior to the probate of the will, on
March 16, 1917, Mrs. Jarrett's COM
plant continues, Mr.. Won Holt com.
municated with the petitioner and in.
formed her that the estate was free
from debt and that there were -suf-
ficient assets to pay $1o0 a month to
her and $3.50 a month to Miss Dickson.
Secret Agreement" -.
Mrs. Jarrett's complaint then alleges
that Mr. Won Holt entered into a
secret agreement with Miss Dickson
whereby he, as executor and trustee
has paid to the said Miss Irene X.
Dickson large sum of money from
the corpus of said estate" and that he
has increased the monthly amount due
Miss Dickson from $50 to $500 a
month. 1t is also alleged that Mr..
Won Holt has set aside certain por.1
ton of the corpus of the estate as
security for the purported monthly
payment of $500. = -. .......
Petitioner further alleges that the
trustee has failed to pay her 500 a
month or any other sum whatever
under the trust unless your petitioner,
releases said estate and accepts Ger.
tain securities as guarantee of the
payment of 800 per month, which re.
lease your petitioner has refused and
still refuses to execute"
Mrs. Jarrett alleges that she has
been unable to obtain from Mr.. Won
Holt an accounting or report as to
the assets of the trust, although she
has repeatedly demanded it.
Concluding her petition, Mrs. Jarrett
asks that Mr.. Won Holt be ordered to
pay her all money due her from the
estate since the death of Cecil Brown.
and that he be enjoined from in any
way "dissipating" the estate ''by max
ing any payments to Miss Irene K
Dickson other than provided in the
will" She, also asks that the alleged
secret agreement" between the trus-
tee and Miss Dickson be declared null
and void, and that the trustee pay back
to the estate all the money he may
have paid to Miss Dickson other than
provided in the will.
The law firm of Andrews & Pittman
represents the petitioner.