sentences:  The will was contested by James Stokes's daughter, Dora (Stokes) Dale, and her husband Henry and the matter was not settled until 1888.Stokes purchased land in New York and developed the Stokes Building on Cedar Street in collaboration with I. N. Phelps Estates and his sisters.In 1895 he organised the Woodbridge Company, that owned property on William Street, John Street, and Platt Street.