Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-10
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SCARBOROUGH SC
ESTATE APPEAR
Children OF Sidney E. Scar
borough Lay Claim To Equal
Share With Others
SUE FOR TWO-THIRDS OF
HOLDINGS, WORTH $4,000
Attorney w. A. Dodson, Accept
ing opponents' Construction
OF Law, Springs Surprise

A new angle in the contest over the
estate Of the late w. H. Scarborough,
reemse merchant who was murdered
some months ago in his store where
he made his home on Muckalae Hill
has developed in suit just filed IN
Superior court by w A. Dodson, at
torney fo rSidney Scarborough, uncle
cf the slain man, and his five chill
dren. all of Admission, Ala. The new
feature develops in the entrance of
five children of Sidney Scarborough
as claimants for share of the estate
as collateral heirs with all the 9TH
er claimants, and jointly with their
Esther laying claim to two-thirds OF
lie whole estate.
The suit is a petition to the court
for an injunction to prevent Mrs. r.
b. Stevens, of Americus, the admins
tratrix and an heir, from disposing of
the property of the deceased for the
4drpose of dividing it according ii. ac-
c9fding to her wishes, and the ap-
pointment of commissioners to divide
the holdings, much of which consists
Of real estate, according to the con-
tention set up.
The suit declares that the estate is
worth al least $4,000, listing num-
Der of pieces of real estate in possess
sion of the administrative, which is
given a value of $8,190 but is al
legged to be worth at least $4,000;
cash in ban lTog $4,000, and notes
and accounts Of more than $1,000,
with debts against the estate only of
the funeral expenses of the deceas-
ed and the costs of probating the
estate.
In setting up the claim for the six
heirs he represents, Col. Dodson has
changed his contention made at the
hearing on the appointing Of an ad-
ministrator. At that time he con-
tended that under the law the uncle,
Sidney E. Scarborough, representing
one branch of the family as broth
er of the father of the slain man,
was entitled to one-third of the es-
tate; that Mrs. G. E. Weinman, Of
Macon, daughter Of sister of Scar
boroughs mother, was entitled to a
third, and Mrs. r. E. Stevens and
Mrs. J. H. Stevens, of Ellayille,
daughters of another aunt of Scar
borough, were jointly entitled to one
third He has now accepted the in
terpretaion placed on the law at the
time by representative of the Mes
danes Stevens that cousins, uncles
and aunts inherit equally or co-lat-
orally. However, since that time he
has discovered that Sidney e. Scar
borough, his client, has five children,
all of whom are first cousins of the
dead man, bearing the same relation
ship as the two Stevens women and
Mrs. Weinman, and therefore are
each entitled to the same share as
they, according to his contention.
Therefore, admitting that the uncles,
aunts and cousins inherit alike, he
sets out that there are total of nine
heirs, of which he represents six, or
two-thirds. The names of the chill
dren of Sidney E. Scarborough as
shown in the suit are: S. E. Scar
borough, Jr., Mrs. Fannie Canova
Scarborough, VIM. Martin Scarbor-
ough, Henry Turner Scarborough,
and Miss Trixsey Scarborough.
The real estate and its listed values
ChoNrt1 ba 81
10 acres of land at $25 per acre,
$4,25o.
Dink Frazier's house and lot, S40O.
Simon Black vacant house and lot,
$40.
Triangular store, Dunn property,
Spring and Church streets, $50.
House and lot, Jim Phillips place,
Spring street,$400.
One house and lot, West Church
street, $1,000.
Two houses and lots, South hainp-
1 ton street, $780,
3 One vacant, Elm avenue, $11.
One vacant lot, Hud son and lef-
ferson streeg, $50.
One house and lot, Prince street
$3.50.
One house and lit, Winn street,
$3.50.
One house and lot, Aeadem-
street, $3.50.
One house and lot, Railroad street,
S25.
One house and lot, Jordan alley,