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Show BEQUEST CASE WON BY NURSE Appellate Court Affirms1 $54,000 Judgment After Long Litigation. NEW YORK, Jan. 20 Affirmation of a Judgment for $54,000 awarded Mrs. Annie ST. Simons of Charleston, B. C-,, against the executors of the estatei of Mrs. Frank Leslie, was made Thursday Thurs-day by the United States circuit count of appeals, marking the latest devel-j opment In a four-year legal battle. Witnesses for Mrs. Simons stifled, ihat Mrs Leslie made oral promise to, bequeath to her $50,000 in her will. In' rot urn for her services as a nurse andi companion. The will, however, left' only $10,000 to Mrs. Simons, the hulk of the estate valued at more than $i.-' 500,000 going to Mrs. Carrie Chadnlani Catt. with the implied provlslo that' th money be used In tho furtherance of he woman suffrage caute. oo |