Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1912 — Upholds McMurran Will. [ARTICLE]

Upholds McMurran Will.

Petersburg, Aug. 3.—After a ten days' trial, in which more than 100 witnesses were examined, the jury in the famous Marshall McMurran will case, after being out less than an hour, brought in a verdict In favor of the defendant, Maggie Drain. The suit grew out of a will made 24 years ago by Marshall McMurran, in which he willed all he had to Miss Maggie Drain, then a poor servant girl working near is valued at $35,000. The plaintiffs will take an appeal.