Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-10 | Page 1 | Spreckels Will is Set Aside by Hawaiian Court

I WILl WILlIS IS SET AS ASIDE BY BY HAWAIIAN COURT Case May Be Reopened in California California Cal Cal- Through Appeal to toU U UI U. S 8 Supreme Court Honolulu Jan 9 B By By a decision rendered rendered ren ren- dered here toda today reversing reversing- a fin finding of ot the supreme court of California the theirl first irl circuit court of or the lie United State States Iud c Henry E. E Cooper presiding ding made It possible for John D. D Spreckels of ot San Son Francisco and his hils brother Adolph to reopen tho thic famous Spreckels will case Involving which has been In Inthe inthe the tho courts since 1 1008 1003 08 Judge Cooper held halll that John Jolin D. D and A Adolph olph the plaintiffs plaintiffs plain plain- tiffs are entitled to a n fifth of or the property property property prop prop- erty Involved Hawaiian property involved directly amoun amounts 8 to approximately i OOOO Suit was WR-S brought on August t 3 1912 under undo instructions from J John hn D. D and Adolph to protect their In Interest In- In terest st in a sale then them pending here he-e of or property left lert b by their theta father the time late lato Claus Claua Spreckels cl 1 of San Sami Francisco A Adeal deal tieni then their almost completed was broken brokon oft off Although tIle the toda today applies I Ion on only onto to Hawaiian J property appe appeal 1 can i on only I be taken to the time United States Su Suo premo court This ultimate court I would bo lie unlikely to review t the Ume California California Cali Call fornia supreme court court in Iii matters of ot state law lau aw but bul In iii arriving at its own finding it must t interpret InterNet the time will and if jf its interpretation should differ from rom that lint of or the tIme California court there would be a R possibility of reopening reopening- I the tho case In California San Francisco Jan Jail P. P Claus Glaus Spreckels ills els millionaire sugar refiner l left rt real property amounting to and icia bunal property in ill excess JM of ur of or which ho he devised dc half to hi hii wiand wi- wi and half to tc C C. ugustus Augustus Spreckels and OulI e sons SOUs Jolin D q 11 and amid Adolph were cut out tho ti-in will that they tho they ha hind had been in Lii a measure Incas meas ure uro provided pro for tot prior to tu their fathers father's death lemit leat h Ii A 4 contest t was as Immediately filed lIc and thre da days s 's art aft after r tho ido died the time su superior su- su i handed down clown a decision On appeal the supreme c court urL of ur California Call Cali fornia reversed erse a lower vcr court i oaf Jut firming finning- the tho will viii A petition to grant granta a n rehearing was waR al denied and preparations I lIons Immediately bc begun to pro lire pare and rUe file a a. ll list t of or tx which I ilave not nut yet ct been pa passed sc ou yu