Waite v. Grubbe
Oregon Supreme Court
From Douglas: James W. Hamilton. Judge. This is an action by F. B. Waite, as executor of the estate of Feudal Sutherlin, deceased,against Kate Grubbe and her husband to recover possession of $7,885 in gold coin, alleged to be the property of the estate of Fendal Sutherlin, deceased. The defendant Kate Grubbe claims to be the owner of the money, and to have acquired it by gift from the deceased.
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From Douglas: James W. Hamilton. Judge. This is an action by F. B. Waite, as executor of the estate of Feudal Sutherlin, deceased,against Kate Grubbe and her husband to recover possession of $7,885 in gold coin, alleged to be the property of the estate of Fendal Sutherlin, deceased. The defendant Kate Grubbe claims to be the owner of the money, and to have acquired it by gift from the deceased. At the trial, all the evidence having been submitted, the circuit court, upon motion of the plaintiff, directed the jury to return a verdict in his behalf for the entire sum, and, judgment having been…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolverton
Fendal Sutherlin died testate August 29, 1901, leaving an estate of the probable value of $200,000. The defendants are his daughter and her husband. Mrs. Grubbe testified, in substance, that she was with her father one week in May, during his last illness, and from the last of June or first of J uly to the day of his death, and attended upon him constantly ; that he told her several times he intended to give her some money, as he had not done as much for her as for the other girls — had never sent her to school, or educated her, or given her any money; that late one night he observed that…
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