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Daily Press And Dakotaian
Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota
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In New York, Judge Barret ruled on July 16, 1877, invalidating most provisions of John D. Lewis's will except the endowment for Miss Lizzie Barton Taylor. The estate will go to half-siblings Henry Lewis and Mary Smith if she marries. Lewis died a year earlier, leaving real estate worth $250,000.
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New York, July 16.—A year ago John D. Lewis, of the dry goods firm of Lewis, Haviland & Co., died, leaving $15,000 to various parties, and directing that the income of his estate, about $250,000 worth of unincumbered real estate, be paid to Miss Lizzie Barton Taylor until she married, and if she had children the estate was to go to them. Otherwise, when she died she was to be buried in the same grave as testator and the whole estate be expended in decorating the grave. Henry Lewis and Mary Smith fullblooded negroes, contested the will, and it was proved that Lewis was their half brother and the son of a Virginia slave woman and a Canadian. Judge Barret to-day, in a decision, swept away all the provisions of the will except that endowing Miss Taylor. If, however, she marries, the estate goes to Lewis and his sister.
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New York
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July 16, 1877
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court invalidated most will provisions except taylor's endowment; estate to lewis and smith if she marries.
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John D. Lewis died a year ago, leaving estate with unusual provisions for Miss Taylor. Half-siblings Henry Lewis and Mary Smith contested the will, proving relation. Judge Barret's decision upheld only Taylor's income until marriage.