Thomas T. Sherman was the first
Itness for Miss Nailor. He said that
? home was in New York City, that
nt ,^as a Practicing lawyer, a member
Rto 8 firm of Ev'arts, Choate and
h<n>rma,n' of 69 ^’all street. He had
harf0 5dmitted to the bar in 1875 and
“a been connected with the firm
theCt a J!ear *?ter- The firm had been
well ' advisers of Mrs. Naylor, as
thei- «Sj ber bu8hand, and of his fa
afteru godfather. They had looked
NovcJIk * •Say'or’8 property which on
JJ^ember 10. 191K *im.
1915, amounted to $101,
from u1:i' kis flrm received a letter
«t>m Mrs. Navin» __-u
had emroL j’a,?lor 8a^nK that she
Ployed George C. Austin to take
char*® , , ^«orge u. Austin to take
all nw,,0IJ“er a®airs and asking that
The herty be turned over to him.
been riJT’V^'5 tha* two wills had
lor atd:a:n by his firm for Mrs. Nay
190* t, /e2ueat’ one ln 1907- one ln
©a.ch one she made bequests
of about $ 16.0(H) to relatives and gave
all the remainder of her property to
her daughter, Marion C'.. Naylor. A
copy of a will in Mrs. Naylor’s hand
writing, dated Dion, France, August
20, 1913, was identified by the witness.
In this except for bequests of less than
$‘>,000 she left her daughter every
thing. She had always spoken of her
daughter, he said, in the strongest
terms of affection.
