The failure of Albert Solomon Nathan of Cape Town to be sure that he had the right name of the Jewish organization to whom he willed his estate 50 years after his death has brought the matter of the proper heir into the South African courts after having been pending more than two years, according to a cable in yesterday’s Chicago “Tribune.”
Mr. Nathan’s will directed that his esate should be given to the “Jewish Colonization Trust” for the purpose of creating funds named after him for the restoration of the Jews in Palestine. Fifty years after his death the estate will be worth about $5,000,000.
Unfortunately, however, there is no such organization as the “Jewish Colonization Trust.” There are two other bodies with similar names, the Jewish Colonial Trust and the Jewish Colonization Association. Each of these societies contends that Mr. Nathan meant it. The first claim in the present action was filed by the Jewish Colonial Trust.
This claim is being opposed by the executors of the Jewish Colonization Association, Mr. Nathan’s next of kin, and a representatives of other organizations that might have an interest in the will. Lawyers for the Jewish Colonial Trust read evidence in court yesterday that asserted that the Trust is the principal body financing the Zionist movement in Palestine and that the activities of the Jewish Colonization Association are chiefly in Argentina.
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