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Show DEVY BRINGS SUIT TO RECOVER OLD CLAIM NEW YORK, Aog. 5. Richard V. Devy of flan Franeieea haa brought suit here against the estate of tbe Countess f-tavra. who wss Mabel Florence Holtoa of New York, to reeover 1.1,000 which, it ia alleged, he loaned her some years 'prior to her death ia Paris ia 1010. The defendant ia her brother, Fraatis C. Tiller of Portland, Or- aa administrator, adminis-trator, who alleges that tha atatuta ef limitations hss run against the claim. Many of the effect a of the countess, including a costly collection of jewels, were seizd by the custom bouse author jtiee last Heptember whes her brother sought to bring them into this country duty free oa the ground that tbey were the belonging of aa American citixen who had .Tied abroad. The goods were appraised at more thaa tlO.ixMJ.. The countess before her marriage waa a aoted beauty of Olympia, Waan. |