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09 February 2014

COOGAN story 

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(appearing in "Brooklyn Daily Eagle" [NY], 13 MAR 1890, PAGE 6):

TO EVICT HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
Mrs. Mary Butler Brings a Peculiar Suit

An action to dispossess Agnes Coogan, a widow, who has apartments 
at 100 Dikeman street, was brought in the First District Court
this morning, but owing to an error in the papers the action was
withdrawn.  The landlord in the case was Mary Butler, of 184
Hamilton avenue, the mother in law of Agnes.  Mary Butler was
Mary Coogan.  She had one son, John, and to him his father 
intended his property to go in case Mary remarried.  But it
happened that the husband died without making a will and so the
legal disposition of the property was made.  Mary Butler did not
like her son's wife and has not been very friendly to her.  Agnes
lived in her present abode with her husband, and proposes to stay
there now without paying rent, although her mother in law does
claim the property as her own.  On the day the constable served
the dispossess papers upon the daughter in law it is said that
her husband's mother was in the Church of the Visitation saying
masses for the repose of his soul.  New papers will be drawn and
another attempt made to evict the daughter in law.  Agnes has
one child, a girl, about 6 years of age.  She and John were 
married about eight years.  The latter having died but a short
time ago. 

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(appearing in "Brooklyn Daily Eagle" [NY], 09 JUL 1890, PAGE 6):

FIGHTING HER GRANDMOTHER'S WILL

Agnes Coogan, of 78 Dikeman street, through her guardian, John
R. Kuhn, has filed notice of contest of the will of her grand-
mother, Mary Butler, who died at 134 Hamilton avenue on June 13.
Undue influence is alleged.  Mrs. Butler was on bad terms with
the mother of the granddaughter, who married a son of the 
deceased by her first husband, and cut her off with $1.  She
divided her property among her nephews and nieces and left her
husband, William, the interest on a $3000 mortgage.  She also
left $100 for masses for the repose of her soul.

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