Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1913 — REGINA BURRES SUES FOR ESTATE [ARTICLE]

REGINA BURRES SUES FOR ESTATE

Case Filed Asks That She Be Declared the Heir to All of the Land of B. J. Gifford.

Attorney John A. Dunlap has filed with the Jasper circuit court for Miss Regina Burras suit for the entire estate of the late Benjamin J. Gifford. The complaint sets out that she is, the only heir to the estate and that by the terms of the wih which he,made and of which George H. Gifford is the executor, the eptate is mainly left to distant relatives. The complaint alleges that Mr. Gifford was of unsound mjnd when the will was made. Miss Burres is about 16- years of age and lives with her grandparents., in Rensselaer. She claims to be the daughter of Mr. Gifford, her mother having been in Gifford’s employ for a long time and he having takenher to a hospital when Regina was born. She bears a strong resemblance to him and persons who are familiar with the associations of Gifford and the girl’s mother seem to think there is no doubt that she is really his daughter.