1674-18 John CollinsfifSDAY, DECEMBER 2,7, 929
EACH REALTOR
RFT $1,128,408
nventory of Irving A.
Collins Estate Is Filed
In Court
5'.".
Irving- A. Collins, Miami Beach
real estate developer, who died on
May 22, 1939, at Moorestown, N. J.
left an estate of 51.128.405.19, an
inventory filed in Probate court
Tuesday revealed.
The estate consists of real estate,
stocks and bonds and insurance.
The insurance policies aggregated
$357,231.95. '
•<, Under, the terms of a wi1l,'Collins
left his'estate In trust for the bene-
flt'of his wife, Mrs. Beatrice S. Col-
! lint of 5011 Pine Tree drive, Miami
Beach. •
•. His son, John S. Collins of
Moorestown, and two sons.in-law,
Boyden Kinsev,'jr., and Vincent G.
Buaki, were appointed co-executors
-t u,. -ciat e.. ..
CQLLINS BEQUEATHS`
$1,128,408 ESTATE'
,Beach F d u n d 's Son
4Leav'es Bulk To Widow
Irving A. Collins, 5011 Pine Tree
drive, son of John S. Colilne, Miami
Beach founder, left a fortune of
41,128.408.19, all but 953,000 of
•which was in stocks ►ad bonds,
a.c4ording to a probate court in-
aitory prepared by F. R. Hum -
page and C. W. Chue, jr,
CoIItni, who died in Moorestown,
N. J. May 22, 1939, left 55,000 each
•to.the Burlington County hospital,
Mount Holly, N. J., and the Cooper
hospital, Camden, N. J. /it also
bequeathed 91,000 to the Chester
Friendr meeting- house Moores-
town.
The residue of the holdings is
left, under the will, to the widow,
Mrs. Beatrice S. Collins, Miami
Beach, who is to be paid an In-
come under a trust arrangement.
At her death the holdings are to
�o to four sons and daughters.
10 -YEAR PIGHT
COST B&XJQ
Roosevelt efuses To Can -
1;
'cel $50,000 Due On
Beach Lots Sold By U. .
The Harding townslte bill, provid-
ing for cancellation of some 550.000
;remaining due on lots auctioned by
the federal government In 1924, was
vetoed by President Roosevelt Fri-
day, news dispatches from Wash-
ington reported. The auction ap-
parently marks the end of a 10 -year
fight by the lot purchasers to retain
their Interests.
• The townsite, adjoining Surfside,
Iles from the ocean to the bay be-
tween Seventy-third and Seventy.
filth streets, Miami Beach, and is
undeveloped. Formerly a coast
guard station It was opened to
homesteading more than 20 years
ago. '
' With rising realty values the land
was withdrawn from homesteading
and -the tract cut into 128 lots. Ap-
praised' at $58,000, the property
brought $300,000 at the auction in
1921: Louis' G. Norton. who had
started homesteading by building
his house and residing on the prop-
erty refused to move and drove off
lot purchasers with a shotgun. The
government lost an efectment suit