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Show ioi lace for Bead Woman's Properly Half Brothers Bush to Court in Hope of Filing Deed to Eeal Estate Es-tate First. WATERBURY, Conn.. Juno J9. Before Be-fore Mrs. George Grllley of Wa-tervlllo Wa-tervlllo died she gavo to each of her two sons, William F. Grllley and Homer F. Atkins a deed 16 her real estate In this city. Each half-brother claimed priority of deed over the other, and bitter feeling resulted, re-sulted, but the question was never settled while their mother was living. Sho refused re-fused lo decide It. When Mrs. Grllley died William Grllley was in New Haven. He heard the news over the telephone and came back to Waterbury as fast as a railroad train and an automobile, which ho chartered at Ansonla, could bring hhn, determined to have his deed recorded first. When the big automobile puffed up In front of Town Clerk Blair's office. Brother Homer Atkins was sitting on tho SlYou'rc a little late, brother." he said. "I got hero on my bicycle a few minutes 0fRrother William Grllley hustled to an attorney's office and started a lawsuit. Deputy Judgo Pcasley. who heard tho case, listened lo much ovldenco from relatives, rela-tives, neighbors and servants. Ycstcr-dav Ycstcr-dav ho handed down a decision holding that William Grllley's deed had been drawn first, and that consequently ho was tho owner of tho land "Darn It." exclaimed Brother Atkins, "I had all that hustle for nothing " |