Show Holmes Holmes-Bransford Holmes Holmes-Brans ord Million Dollar Suit Is Halted Hailed By H Technical Technicality fly I iI i I 1 31 y 2 11 4 f ri v H.- H. 4 A 4 t t 1 14 i rt A 4 47 i t C 4 I t e 4 ih I V- V Vv I V A-V- w- w rf v ij 4 r- r rf f v I Judge JUlge Stephens lo to Make Ruling on Point in Equity Which If if Adverse Leaves Only On 01 Will ill Contest mm lIE suit of or Mrs Irs Edwin F F. Holmes I T JL against her nephew Wallace Vallace M. M l. l I Bransford to sot set aside deeds of property property prop prop- erty ma made mado o lI by Mrs drs Grace Grao Bransford who was Mrs Holmes Holmes' n adopted opted daughter to her husband ll prior to her death a year car a ago o and antI to In contest the time will of Mrs Irs Bransford which left lert her entire estate to her hu husband was halted hailed by hy a legal leal question ques ques- to tOIl tion brou brought up by defendants defendant's counsel oum cl soon after the suit was begun yesterday yester yeMen da day in lu the Third district court before beCore Judge Harold M. M Stephens Stephen ci lit II l' l Thc The question Is whether hether Mrs Mm Ir Holmes Holme has a right to maintain a suit in equity before the thc court has decided she h has s a right In th the estate a as an heir Mrs Irs s 's will wilt filed last March was never ne a admitted to probate being cont contested sted by b Mrs Irs Holmes Judge Stephens took took the matter under ad advisement advisement all ad- and gave ga counsel until this morning at 10 o'clock to lo submit Hut furher further further fur fur- ther her authorities on the objection and answer If Ie the tho court holds holds that Mrs Irs Holmes has not he been en declared ll an heir of Mrs Ir I Bransford an cannot maintain a suit against her estate the suit to cancel the deeds given hen to lo Mr Ir Bransford valued valued val val- at about will be ended and only the tho matter of or the contest of or orI I the tho will will be left leCt for hearing Prone of uC Will The Time opening hours of time the hearing yesterday w were re spent In making proof of or the will by b def defendants testimony of Roderick l a n witness to tho the will anol the deposition of or Robert nobert B 13 Harkness another witness being to lo lothe the tho effect that Mrs Bransford was In hi good mental condition when the will was made was capable of or understanding understand understand- ing the document and that there was no evidence of QC fraud or undue Influence ence enre used upon her which Mrs Irs Holmes alleges In her complaint Mr Ir Bransford also testified In connection connection connection con con- with the proof of or the thc will lie said he had consented to act as ag executor of or his wife's es estate estate es es- tate and that his wife wHo 11 died ell In lit Los Angeles Cal October 24 4 1 1917 He also aho admitted he had found another will in Mrs Bransford's effects made made- prior to the ono one which Is lis now no being contested The contents of oC t tho tte former Cormer will were not brou brought ht Into the t stI mon lOon mony y Following proof of the will Joseph I. I L. L attorney for defendant protested d against the equity suit on ott grounds that Mrs Irs Holmes had hail not proven her h which could only emily bo be determined d in a probate court John Jolin JohnA A A. A Marshall an nn attorney for tor Mr 11 Holmes replied and the arSu argument lasted until 4 o'clock when court was adjourned Judge Stephens announced earlier In the day lay that court ourt will be beheld beheM beheld held heM from Crom 1 10 IU U to 1 12 o'clock and from 2 to 1 I o'clock Instead of 5 o'clock the usual hour to allow of or the case caso to be made Mr Ir Bransford is 11 represented by Rawlins nR Ray Ii arid and Mrs Irs Holmes b by Pierce Critchlow Barrette Barrette Bar- Bar rette rotte ickson Dickson Ellis A. A Lucas and John A. A Marshall |