Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-05-22

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MRS. BRljNDAGE
Some time ago Victor Brundage died
in the cottage at Merrimack, former |
ly owned by Judge and Mrs. w. t. !
Kelsey of Baraboo. The estate is in
litigation and on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday before Judge A g. Zim-
norman of Madison the case was
ed at the term of circuit court, held
in March.
w. J. Towers of Merrimack is the
executor of the estate Victor Brund
age, deceased, was brother Of Ed
ward J. Brundage, attorney general
of the state of Illinois. Victor Brund-
age was a travelling salesman and
had not previously been married, |
while Mrs. Brundage was Mrs. Jennie
Cass of Madison before united the sec
ond time
Mrs. Brundage inherited from her
first husband. James w Cass, 286
shares of stock in Pinckney Invest
ment company of Madison. He died
about 1912.
Divides Stock
Mr.. Brundage and Mrs. Cass were
introduced by Mrs. A. J. Blakeslee of
Ironton and they were married in
December, 1916. AS part of the mar
riage agreement Mrs. Brundage gave
her husband one-half of the stock or
t143 shares He held this in his own
name until it was sold, then kept the
proceeds in his own name until his
death on August f. 1923, at Merrimack
The couple did not always agree,
in fact matters had come to such a
pass at one time that divorce proceed
irgs were begun. The case was lat
er dismissed.
Mrs Brundage made the state
ments a number of times that the
proceeds of the stock belonged to her
husband and on one occasion made
affidavit to that effect to the income
tax assessor of Dane county.
Two Prices for Stock
Mrs. Brundage sold 143 shares of
the stock to Kennedy Bros. of Madi-
son in 1921 for 900. This gave the
firm the controlling interest and de-
preciated the value of the stock held
by Mr.. Brundage. He finally sold his
for $500. AS part Of the pro-
ceeding she brought suit against the
firm to annul the sale of her stock and |
in settling the matter the stock of |
her husband was purchased.
The money obtained by Mr.. Brund- |
age he invested in good securities and !
had them in the Marshall & Ilsley !
bank in Milwaukee. Only himself and |
his brother in Illinois has access. to |
the securities.
A few months before Mr. Brundage |
died he made a will which was valid !
under the laws of Illinois but not Of |
Wisconsin in. that he gave his wife |
81 900 of the estate when she is en- |
titled to one-third, according to the |
statutes Of the state of Wisconsin In |
September she elected to take one |
third, the remainder to go to sister |
of Mr. Brundage, Margaret A. Erie !
singer, Chicago. Il
Puts In Claims
A short time before the expiration |
of the time for filing claims in coun- /
ty court at Baraboo, Mrs. Brundage
filed claim for $17,5OO, holding the |
money from the sale of the stock was |
only in trust with her husband dur /
ing his life. She also filed claim
of $1,000 for some foundry stock she |
claimed he converted and which be- |
longed to her
Also, her daughter by a former |
marriage, Mrs. Lulu Case Smith, !
Ames, Iowa, filed claim for $4,000 !
which she said Victor Brundage had /
pomise to pay her as a part of !
the marriage agreement with her I
mother. There was also aother ele-l
ment but this was withdrawn. Her
husband is head of the College. Of 4.
Agriculture at Ames, Iowa.
Ames, Iowa.
The real contest was whether or
not the sister of Mr.. Brundage should
have the remainder of the property.
Special Verdict
The case went to the jury on a