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Fifty Year Old Legacy

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
January
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

FIFTY YEAR OLD LEGACY

MARGARET RILEY HAS JUST RECEIVED A $100 LEGACY

Which Has Been Due Her Since She Was Girl of Eighteen.-An Old Estate Settled After Many Years.

Margaret has just received a legacy of $100 which was given to her 50 years ago. When her uncle, who gave her the legacy died, she was 18 years of age. Now she is 68 and is just in receipt of it. M. J. Cavanaugh is the attorney who secured the payment of the legacy. The story is a strange enough one to bear repetition. Michael Clarken in Dec., 1849, devised his real estate on N. Main st. to an expected heir by his wife Mrs. Angeline Clarken. In case of the failure of the expected heir, the estate was to be divided between his mother and his niece Margaret Riley in equal shares. In case of the birth of the child then Mrs. Riley was to receive a legacy of $100 as soon as it could be paid to her without prejudicing the child's interest. The heir was born and lived six months. Mrs. Angeline Clarken inherited from the child. Clarken died shortly after making the will and before the birth of the child. The legacy of $100 was not paid and the executors, Rev. Thos. Cullen and Rev. James Hennessy, both died without rendering their final account and no further action was taken until about six weeks ago when Mr. Cavanaugh set to work to secure the payment of the legacy. Mrs. Angeline Clarken, who is 87 years old, was declared an incompetent last October and Wm. Clancy was appointed her guardian. The land of the Michael Clarken estate on N. Main st. was sold last Saturday to John Byron for $1,000, the sale confirmed, and the legacy of $100 has been paid.