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...Early in 1930 Abraham Lincoln Erlanger, wealthy theatre man, died, bequeathing to his brother and sisters an estate estimated at $75,000,000.* In 1912 he had been divorced, forbidden to remarry in New York State. At his death appeared a buxom ex-chorus girl named Charlotte Pixel who. as "Mrs. Erlanger," contested the will. The trial lasted for twelve weeks before Surrogate John Patrick O'Brien, now Mayor of New York. Charlotte Pixel called 125 witnesses to swear that she had been publicly recognized and accepted as Erlanger's wife. One witness described an Atlantic City boardwalk...
...brought disbarment proceedings against Mr. Steuer. Mr. Steuer was not disbarred but he may not have forgotten the incident. Today Mr. Kresel is counsel for the Erlanger estate, defending it from the claims of Charlotte Fixel (who asserts she was Erlangers common law wife) and Mr. Steuer is Mrs. Pixel's lawyer-another reason why the Erlanger incident has not been entirely forgotten. One more point of contact between the two gentlemen is that when Mr. Kresel became counsel to Bernard K. Marcus he succeeded Mr. Steuer in the post. If Mr. Kresel ever takes the witness stand...