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KING RANCH VIRTUAL EMPIRE EMPIREOnce Once Consisted of 2500000 Acres Magnitude of Estate Brought Broughtto to Light in Court Fight HOUSTON Texas July 8 An idea of the magnitude of King Ranch of Texas which is represented on the turf this year by Ciencia Brazado and other good horses and where many others were bred that are winning purses is gained by facts published in con ¬ nection with a private hearing before a mas terinchancery of a series of suits affecting the tremendous estate controlled by Robert J Kleberg Jr who directs the racing in ¬ terests Congressman Richard Kleberg and others of the Kleberg and King families familiesThe The ranch one of the largest in the world once consisted of two million five hundred thousand acres in nine Texas counties The litigation now in progress has cost the estate it is said almost 100000 exclusive of attor ¬ neys fees During a previous hearing the cost of court reporters was nearly 30000 and for auditors between fifty and sixty thousand dollars dollarsOnce Once there was a staff of twelve court re ¬ porters typists and proofreaders engaged The story is told that an expert witness made an error of 20000000 which was cor ¬ rected the following day His adding ma ¬ chine had tripped back to naught after reaching 10000000 and repeated the per ¬ formance twice while additions were being made madeThe The hearing now being resumed was be ¬ gun more than a year ago It is on a suit of two Chicago heirs of the founder of the 1 ranch
