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Show wmm suits TO HAVEJUAL HEARING Stipulations as to Conduct of Case Determined by Attorneys. Concurrent trial of the two legal actions ac-tions brought by Mrs. Susanna B. Holmes to secure a share of the estate of the late Mrs. Grace Louise Brans-ford, Brans-ford, daughter of Mrs. Holmes by adoption adop-tion and wife of Wallace It Bransford, has been determined upon by stipulation stipula-tion between the opposing attorneys. The stipulation was filed yesterday in the Third district court. A jury is waived in the matter of the contest of ! Mrs. Bransford 's will. The stipulation provides that ' ' the will contest is to be tried at the same time as the suit in equity, now set for May 15, or as soon thereafter as the equity case shall be reached upon the calendar, subject to motions of either party for postponement postpone-ment of both cases. ' The equity suit is the action brought by Mrs. Holmes to have set aside eer-l eer-l tain property transfers and deeds by which Mrs. Bransford turned over her estate, estimated at $800,000, to her husband before her death. In her action ac-tion to have these transfers declared illegal on the ground that undue influence influ-ence was used upon Mrs. Bransford when not in a state of health to be capable of exercising her own volition, Mrs. Holmes attests her right to half of the estate as a joint heir with the husband of the dead woman. Subsequent to the filing of the suit in equity, a will was filed in which Wallace Wal-lace M. Bransford was named as the sole heir of his wife. Mrs. Holmes contested con-tested the probate of the will. A petition peti-tion filed by Mr. Bransford 's attorneys, asking that hearing on contest of the probate of the will be had before trial of the equity case was denied, Judge P. C. Evans ruling that the cases should be tried in the order of their initiation. Now, by stipulation, joint and concurrent concur-rent trial of both issues has been ordered, or-dered, though "separate findings shall be made in each case." The stipulation sets forth the order of progress of the dual hearing. It provides pro-vides that Mr. Bransford ' ' shall first make formal proof of the execution of the will." Then Mrs. Holmes "shall introduce her evidence in support of her complaint in the equity and of her contest in the will contest." At the conclusion of this testimony Mr. Bransford Brans-ford ' ' shall introduce his evidence in simport of his counterclaim in the equity suit and in support of the will." Provision is made that each may "introduce or offer evidence in rebuttal rebut-tal of surrebuttal. " Argument is to be made bv counsel for the plaintiff first, followed by counsel for the defendant, to which counsel for the plaintiff may make reply. "During the trial," the stipulation concludes, ' ' each case shall be subject to the same motions and objections ob-jections to testimony as if said cases were tried separately and separate findings find-ings and decisions shall be made in each case." |