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Show 3 2,006 Cousins in Battle For Estate of $570,000 WASHINGTON. Previous family fights over estates will look like a peace society picnic before they settle set-tle one in the courts here 2,006 cousins are contesting for the $570,-000 $570,-000 estate of Mary Frances White. Miss White started the outsize disagreement dis-agreement when she specified that $1,000 was to go to "each of my cousins living at the time of my death, irrespective of the remoteness remote-ness of the relationship." Did she have cousins! From almost al-most every state, plus Ireland and New Zealand, people popped up who claimed "cousinship." Six first cousins brought suit to break the will. District Justice Jennings Bailey held with the sextet but 40 claimants claim-ants notified the court of intention to appeal. |