Litigation Over English Estate
LITIGATION OVER ENGLISH ESTATE
Heirs Claim Mrs. Bowins Was Not Adopted
They Assert that the Late G. English Didn't Intend Her to Share in His Estate
The answer of Margaret English, Susan Love, Ann Green, Sarah Watkins, Eliza Palmer and Benjamin English, heirs to the estate of John G. English, of Manchester, to the suit of Mrs. Stella May Bowins, who asks to share in the estate as a legally adopted child, has been filed.
The answer denies that John G. English adopted Mrs. Bowins in 1864, and asserts that the contract entered into between English and Mr. Bunker, Mrs. Bowins' father, was not binding, as it was not signed by Cordelia C. English, who was made a party to it. It claims that Mr. English had conveyed property to Mrs. Bowins and also to Jerry Holmes, who lived in the family, because they were to have no share in the estate and that the complainant had solicited such deeds for this reason, and that Mr. English had also given her a $1,000 real estate mortgage.
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Ann Arbor Argus-Democrat