| Show IT VAlUED THE MONOTONY The Peculiar Case Before Judge Barren Yesterday Yes-terday Other Business The usualdry and uninteresting routine bus inegs before Judge Bartch was somewhat enlivened en-livened yesterday by the coming up of the application appli-cation for letters administration in the estate of Isnbelle Larsen deceased Christian Larsen was the first to make application for the appointment ap-pointment and he advanced among others the claim that he was entitled to letters of administration admin-istration because of the fact that he was the husband of the decedent All went swimmingly I for a time but upon the day set for the hearing a son of Mrs Larsens by a former husband bobbed to the surface and opposed the granting of tho papers asked for because of the fact that the applicant was not a fit person to administer in the estate claiming amon other things that his mother had a husband living when she mar ricd Larsen and that the applicant was aware r i i rrdIa of that further that the said husband is now alive in Scotland letters having been received from him very lately The son of the decedent also introduced a cloud of witnesses to show that the applicants reputation was such that be ought not to receive the papers under any circumstances and the evidence certainly went to that end it being very damaging to tho reputation repu-tation of the alleged widower The case was submitted OTHER BUSINESS Estate of W S Clays deceased order made of sale of personal property at private tale Estate and guardianship of Philander Butler etal minors bond of guardians to Margaret B Butler Hilda E Butler Cecil R Butler Philander Butler and Mlrafida Butler approved and order appointing appraisers made Estate of Claude Benton Horrocks a minor order appointing appraisers made Estate and guardianship of Fannie E Plant and Katie R Plant minors order made ap I pointing appraisers Guardianship of Alexander C Pyper ot al minors petition for allowance for support and maintenance of said minors came on for hear I ing order cf allowance made Estate of William Bailey deceased order of sale of real estate made and time of notice shortened to eight days Estate of Clara L J Young deceased order I made for allowance to minors |
