The New York herald., 1921-10-18
new MOVE INVOLVES
ST|LLMAN MILLIONS
Guys Guardian Acts to Pro-
tect Baby's Interests in
Trust Funds.
COURT ISSUES ORDER
Descendants of Late Banker
Made Defendants in
Divorce Suit.
$37, $4,000 IN ESTATE
S37,393,OO0 IN ESTATE
Success in Present Action Will
T; Block Future Attempts to
[ Contest Child's Share.

All the descendants of the late James
Stillman will be bound by the decision
FOR Baby Guy Stillman in the Stillman
divorce suit. if an order to show cause.
signed last night by Supreme Court
Justice Albert II. f. Seeger at New
burgh, is sustained on Friday, when
st is made returnable before Justice
Morschauser at White Plains. John
Il. Mack, guardian for the child, OBJ
tained the order to protect Guys right
TO participate in five trust funds es-
tablished by his grandfather, which
aggregate s37393,o00.
A close examination OF the will has
shown that the trust funds are closely
interloclked and that Guy has an interest
In each one. The guardian deemed il
necessary, therefore, to make all the
late bankers children and grandchildren
defendants in the divorce suit in order
to prevent attacks on Guys good name
in after years IL he should win in the
present action. As it now stands
favorable decision for the boy would
assure his right to participate in the
fund established for James A. Stillman
his father. but his right to share In the
funds of his aunts and uncles could be
questioned upon their deaths.
The bankers will, which disposed Of
an estate appraised at s37.s93,000. es-
tablished fund for each of his five
children. Mrs. Isabel G. Rockefeller,
wife OF Percy A. Rockefeller. and Mrs.
s. Elsie Rockefeller, wife Of William G.
Rockefeller, the bankers daughters,
were bequeathed the income for life
from funds of $3.500.o00 each. Upon
their death the will decreed two-sevenths
of the funds were to so to their lineal
descendants and the remaining five-sev-
enths to be divided equally among the
three sons. The sons. James A. Charles
Chauncey and DR.. Ernest G. Stillman.
were to receive one-third Of the rest Of
the estate, which proved to be In the
neighborhood of $4,000. 900 each. II any
Of the sons died without descendants
one-half of their fund was to go to their
widow II there were one, and the other
TO be divided equally among the sur
yivin2 sons.
The order. which will be served to-day
on Nicoil. Anable. Fuller & Sullivan.
q attorneys for Mr.. Stillman. and on John
IA. Brennan. chief counsel for Mrs Anne
Xrquhart Potter Stillman. directs that
Nh and Mrs. Stillman and the executors
or trustees Of the James Stillman estate
show cause why they should not be
5oined in the divorce action. The late
bankers three sons and Charles Still
man. his brother. are the executors.
While Guys share OF the trust fund
would be but $2.25o. 900. that sum, II he
should be successful in the suit. would
be augmented greatly by the sums which
would be divided upon the death of his
aunts and uncles. Mr.. Mack's order IL
sustained by Justice Morschauser. will
eliminate the possibility of litigation
over Guys rights under the will in future
years.
Furthermore. Mr.. Mack now has all
the witnesses he believes necessary to
disprove Mr.. Stillman's charges against
Eis son. but the guardian feels that
these witnesses might be dead when
some other member Of the Stillman
family decides years later to contest
Guys rights to share In the other trust
funds.