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A Mediaeval Romance echoes in a real life mixup
The Osborn Osborn Peter Stout Ernest Lawford case places fourteen year old Audrey Osborn at the center of a contested will and inherited litigation. The drama unfolds around a $75 000 income, a $500 000 estate, and the threat of lawsuits shaping her future. Various parties including Catherine Blackburn and Mrs. Osborn's stepfather figure in the contested will. The tale mirrors fiction in a real courtly web of claims and counterclaims.
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Mark Train
Josefa N. Osborn
Audrey Osborn
Miss Osborn
Osborn
Peter Stout
Ernest Lawford