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Show FEUD 116 TXASS OLD . V 8ETTLSZ IN COUBT - ! . WASHINGTON. Mays 11 The Jury In. the case of the descendants of John Patrick Whalen and the. heirs of his brother,:Nlcholas Whalen. ln a sutt for ejectment which has- been on trial for four days, in Circuit court No., t brought In a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs. : . . . ; i . . , . The suit as been In litigation tor about seven years, and the trouble began be-gan lit years ago. The brothers, Patrick Pat-rick and Nicholas Whalen. came to thli country from Ireland. They were stone mason and contractors and had a hand In building the old Tiber Creek tunnel, and also worked on the Capitol. They quarreled and separated after making a division of their property, in which the old game of Esau and Jacob was enacted, Patrick going to Cole-ville, Cole-ville, Montgomery county, MdU. ' and Nicholas taking up his horn near Cabin John Bridge. The suit was first brought in 1889, and was for business profits and possession of premises No. til Pennsylvania avenue: |