Box 4
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
Letter from Hutcheson, Campbell and Hutcheson to O.T. Holt regarding Rice estate case, May 15, 1901. This letter describes the essential strengths and weaknesses of Holt’s case against W.M. Rice’s estate and begins to set the groundwork for the eventual settlement.
File — Box: 4, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
These cases are filed chronologically based on each case’s beginning date. Major cases include cases challenging William Marsh Rice’s late wife’s will and William Marsh Rice’s murder trial. Each generally includes correspondence, notes, and legal documents such as testimony, exhibits, trial documents, affidavits, releases, published versions of the trials, and newsclippings.The first case is that of William Marsh Rice vs. Orren T. Holt, executor of Mrs. Elizabeth Baldwin Rice’s...
Dates:
1844 - 1941; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1916