Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-03-02 | Page 2 | $2,000,000 Estate Battle Revived after 14 Years

Estate Battle Revived A After iter 14 Years CHICAGO March 2 M A P-A A new effort to obtain an estimated d 2 fortune lyIng fortune lying dormant for fori 14 i years years was was under way in federal federal fed fed- eral cral court today The Themon money y comprises the estate of ot the late manufacturer William F. F MerleN Merle N None ne- ne of oC the numerous claimants ha has received a penny But Attorney Albert F. F Jenner disclosed yesterday he be had filed suit cult in federal court last week to tobar tobar tobar bar the claims of ot the heirs of the late lata Mrs Merle and to divide divido the tho funds among mong the 23 heirs of ot the thrice married Mr Merle J Merle father of oC eight children hildren and Mrs Jane mother of ot three were married in 1917 Mrs Mr third wife of at Merle signed a prenuptial agreement eschewing her dower rights in re return return return re- re turn for the establishment of two trust funds in her behalf Merle died In 1921 Mrs Merle renounced h her hOr r rights to the trust funds to sue for the widows widow's share of the estate The action was still stUl pending when she died in 1931 1831 Her daughter Mrs Mr Mad Madeline GelL Gelger Gelger Gel Gel- ger took up tho the fIg light fight t. t L L.