The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-11-15
Fraud Is Charged in Action
Brought Yesterday to
End Trusteeship.
TUPPELA ESTATE AGAIN
INVOLVED In LITIGATION
Grover c. Winn Appointed
Guardian ad Litem to
Prosecute New-Action.

| possession oi the estate OF John
| Tuppcla with fraudulent purpose
and by misrepresentation, conceit
Gnd ooaccalment bf the true intent
and purport,' taking advantage OF
"rrrrsla ignorance feebleness and
confidence in him." Induced Tuppela
| to sign the trustee deed in Cobbs
favor. Grover c. Winn, yesterday
appointed Guardian ad litem for
Tuppela, filed suit in the Federal
District Court against Mr.. Cobb in
an a;t'mpt to vrest the control away
from him. Henry Roden appears
az attorney ior the plaintiff
Other persons named by Mr..
Winn as defendants were: E. L.
Cobb, Hilma Tuppela Hintsa, Sophia
Tuppela and GroverxC Winn. guar
dian OF the person of Tuppela.
Issue Of Mine Case
The present suit is another of
the many which have followed the
famous Chichagof mine suit out of
which Tuppela is said to have ef-
fected settlement of 100000 in
cash. Fifty per cent of that amount
went for attorneys fees. the re-
mainder coming to Tuppela in addi.
tion to certain mining claims at
ChichaSof The trustees deed which
is attacked in the present action
as set up in the complaint. turned
ever beth cash and properties to
Mr.. Cobb as trustee. 1t further pro
vided that should Mr.. Cobb die
before Tuppeia. the formers son
r. l.. Cobb should succeed his ia
ther as trustee with all the powers
vested by the deed in Mr.. Cobb.
For his services as trustee, the
instrument provided that Mr.. Cobb
should pay himself a reasonable
compensation. which shall in no case
however exceed the sum OF five
per cent 1pon moneys received and
paid out by him. including the
distribution of the Tuppela estate
upon his DEATH 1t further required
that an annual statement be made
giving in full an account of the
administration of the estate.
Received Large Sum
The complaint alleges that be-
tween Nov. 23. 1920. and February
8, 1921, Mr.. Cobb was paid $780,
900 for Tupre!a by the Chichagof
Mining Co in settlement of the ac-
counting ordered by the Circuit
Court of Appeals in satisfaction of
the Judgment it had given against
the company in Tuppela's favor, less
the sum OF S150.00O paid to J. II.
Cobb and John r. Winn as at
torneys' fees. IL asserts that since
that date the trustee has come
into possession of divers ot = and
additional sums of money, ,ls ;'rop-
erty of Tuppela. the exact amount
of which is unknown but it Is al.
legged on information and belief.
TO be in excess of $4,000" 1t is
further declared that Mr.. Cobb as
trustee, has taken title to and pos.
session and controlhaof plaintiffs
interests in the mining claims men
toned in the instrument and does
now hold said title and exercise
said possession and control and
received and does now receive the
rents. royalties, issues and profits
thereof in an amount unknown tol
plaintiff"
Refuses To Account
FREQUENT demands have been
made, said the complaint, by Grover
c. Winn, personal guardian OF Tup-
pela, for complete statement of
the administration OF the estate,
without result 1t Is alleged that
the effect OF the trust deed is To-
deliver or allow to be delivered to-
Mr.. Cobb all of $150,oOO, to divest
Tupela OF and invest Mr.. Cobb to
legal title tc the control and pos
session of all of the formers prop
erty, present and future, and this
without said j. n. Cobb furnishing
bond and. too. with remainder
over of said trusteeship to the son
of said J. ii. Cobb. to-wit. e. L..
Cobb, reserving to said Tuppela
the right over his own property
only to nominate a trustee in case
said j. H. Cobb and his son e. l..
Cobb should die before said Tup-
pela should die"
II was not the intent and pur-
pose Of Tuppela to accomplish any
such effect and he was ignorant
that such was the legal effect of
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