Tientsin, Apr.
Mrs. N. B. Ragsdale, adopted daughter of the Into Mr. and Mrs, Batoulett of Tientsin, was. tonday given possession of the $2,000,000 estate bequeathed by Mrs, Batouleft to the Russian city of Maimidj in a will made in 1930, The case was the most Important fon the construction of wills ever @ecided in a Chinese court, The Tientsin district court and the Hopet high court had earlier ruled in favour of the executives, but the Nanking Supreme Court reversed the Gecision and ordered a re-examina~ tion by the Hopel High Court, which to-day gave judgment in favour of Mrs, Ragsdale, The latter is the, wite of an Amer= can, the son of a former American Consul-General in Tientsin Reuter.
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