Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-05 | Page 6 | Bransford Will Case Postponed Trial of $800,000 Suit to be Resumed Monday Morning

BRANSFORD WILL -fflSJPP Trial of $800,000 Suit to Be Resumed Monday Morning, The trial of the suit nf Mrs. Susan Brans ford Emery Holmes ' brought against her nephew, Wallace Brans-1 ford, to-recover a half of the $Jtoo,ooo estate left Ky r he J a iter's wife, Grace Ioulae Bransford, who died a year ago. haa been postponed until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Holmes concluded-her testimony yeaterday afternoon and waa cross-examined cross-examined by W, W, Ray of the eounael for the defense. In an effort to establish th fact that undue Influence waa used by Wallace Bransford to have the will made In his i favor, eounael for the plaintiff piled j her relatione with her adopted daugh- 1 ter prior to her marriage to Bransford and the estrangement following the marriage. Mr.. Holm, testified that she had never heard of the exlatence of a will previous to the Institution of her action to have set sslde certain property transfers by which her nephew came Into possession of the property following follow-ing his wife's death. After the marriage, Mra. Holmee tea-tlfled, tea-tlfled, Grace Branaford and har hua-band hua-band seemed to hold themselves aloof and never Invited her to dinner or entertainments. en-tertainments. 8hs said Mra , Bransford was not allowed to call alone at the Amelia paluce, the home of Mra. Holmee, and even when her daughter was 111 she wus not allowed to -e her 'alone. ' Mra. Holmee teatlfled that her daugh- j ter took no Intereat In books. tnu.U or travel and waa below the ordinary girl mentally.