The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-01-21
ADMINISTRATOR
WEBB ESTATE SUED
Three Suits Filed in Hancock
Circuit Court Relative to Mrs.
Webb's Will. Methodist B.
of E. Files Two.

The Hancock Circuit Court will
have three cases on docut this week
that are attracting the interest of
quite number of persons. The cases
are the three suits filed relative to the
will of Mrs. Eliza Lander Webb
| One of the cases is a suit filed by the
Board of Education of the Louisville
Conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South against Geo. c.
| Wilson, administrator of Mrs. Webbs
| estate, for $4,000 and interest from the
| 18th, day of September, 1912.
The plaintiff in said suit has filed
as basis of the suit a contract sign
ed by Mrs. Webb on 12thday of
! September 1912, in which she agreed
to give to the said board the sum of
$4,000 payable at her death, unless she
voluntarily paid same during her life
time, on condition that the said board
would name the new annex at the Lo-
gan Female College at Russellville,
the Rebecca Pugh Lander Memorial
Hall in memory of her mother The
Board sets out the fact that the new
annex was given the name and that
1t has been perpetuated in connection
with the Chapel of said college. That
Webb previous to her death, and that
the contract has been fulfilled by the
plaintiff to the letter OF the law and
they pray the court to cause the said
administrator to pay to them with in
| terest the amount set out in said con-
tract signed by Mrs Webb.
Similar Suit Filed.
Another suit of the same nature
has been filed by the board OF Edu-
cation of the Methodist Church,
South, of Russellville, KY, against
George c. Wilson, Admir-, of the es-
tate of Mrs. Eliza Lander Webb for
the recovery of $4,000 and interest
from the 5th of August 1916 on a
contract entered into on that date and
signed by Mrs. Webb in which she
agreed to give to the said board the
sum of $4,000 to be used in further
ing the education of daughters of
ministers of the Methodist church
who were not able to give their
daughters a college education. The
contract states that the board would
not be required to receive in the col |
lege more than two students in any
one year and on their agreement to
build an annex to the said college
building to include memorial chap |
pei to be known as the Rebecca Pugh |
Lander Graham Chapel. The plaintiff !
sets out the claim that the said build |
ing is now under construction and
that their part OF the contract has |
been fulfilled and they now ask the |
administrator to pay to said board |
the amount of money with interest in
court to order the above named |
compliance with the contract which |
was duly signed by Mrs. Eliza Lam
der Webb.
Estate Variously Valued.
1t will be called to mind that Mrs. |
Webb left an estate variously valued
from forty thousand to seventy thous-
and dollars, a part of it consisted OF
about 400 acres OF fine land near |
Skillman in this county together with
residence in this city and by her
will which was probated in county |
court in this city made many requests
to different relatives, but the bulk OF
her estate was willed for the benefit !
of four Methodist churches in this
county, namely; Skillman and Midway |
churches and the colored Methodist
church in this city. Messrs. George L.
Wilson was selected as a representa-
tive of the Hawesville church; Eugene
Sterett of Skillman church; K. J.1
Miller (col) the colored church. Mr..
Snyder of Midway church and S. H.
Wilson was selected as administrator
of the estate Ben d. Ringo is the
attorney for the plaintiff in both suits.
Wants Will Set Aside.
There is still another suit filed in
the court by some of the relatives of
Mrs. Webb asking that the will be
set aside and that the estate be divid-
ed among her relatives and that a |
committee be appointed to investigate
and determine the degree of relation
ship of the various benehciarier and
that they be paid in proportiont to
their Observation-Disclosures Clarion.