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Show Fighting for millions. Edna Wallace Hopper Wins First Victory Vic-tory in Contest for Estate. SAN FRANCISCO. March 27. Edna Wallace Hopper, tho actress, has won her first lctory in tho fight for a ' share In the millions of tho lato Alexander Duns-mulr, Duns-mulr, her stepfather. Judge Coffey today declared null and void ajl proceedings taken In his court In May, 1900, because the original will was not filed here. Instead, It was carried to Victoria, B C. by James Dunsmulr. a brother and sole devisee. Now that original will must be brought and filed In San Francisco county, and Its filing will mean a contest, for Mrs. Hopper and the decedent's mother, Mrs. Olive Dunsmulr, desire to sharo In thc estate of more than $7,000,000. Judge CofTey rendered -a lengthy opinion opin-ion dwelling particularly on the lack of precedents. He said that the rule doubtless doubt-less would make It posslblo fov othe'r e-j-tates Involving millions of dollars' -worth of property to be brought Into litigation on tho same grounds. , |