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Article: Elijah's 22 children win suit // Muhammad heirs to share account of $5.7 million
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 11, 1986
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The 22 children of the late Elijah Muhammad will share in $5.7
million that must be paid by a bank to the estate of the Nation of
Islam founder, a judge ruled yesterday.
At issue in yesterday's aspect of the long-running probate case,
brought by some of the children in 1979, was whether $3.3 million in
a bank account was Muhammad's personal funds and part of his estate
or whether the money belonged to the Nation of Islam.
The 77-year-old Elijah Muhammad died Feb. 25, 1975, without a
will and left an estate worth an estimated $19 million.
"It is a victory for the estate. It is a vindication of the
good name of Elijah Muhammad," said estate attorney Rufus Cook.
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