Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-22
APecuIIarW will Case.

APecuIIar Will Case.
 The hearing on the appointment of an ad- ministrator of the estate of the late Albert Goodyear of Hamden, the admitting to pro- bate of the will of Mary Ann D. Goodyear, his wife, who died recently and the appoint ment of guardian for his grandson, Albert M. Goodyear, youth of seventeen, was to have come up before Judge York in the Pro bate court yesterday morning, but WIS de- ferred for one week. This case is a most pe- culiar one, and the only one of the kind that has probably ever occurred in the New Haven Probate district. About six years ago Albert Goodyear died, leaving an estate estimated to be worth at least $50, GOO. Some three weeks ago his widow died, and on March her will was submitted to the Probate court and at the same time the last will and testament of the late Albert Goodyear, her husband, was also presented for probate. It now transpires that his will had been in Mrs. Goody g possession ever since her husbands death, and was only discovered when her effects were searched by her executor. By this will $500 is left for the use of church known as, the Mt. Carmel Ecclesiastical so- ciety. To his brother, George Goodyear, the deceased left the use of $1, 900 during his life to his sister Maria, $100; to his wife all his bank books, which were equal in amount to what his son, Alfred D. Goodyear, had previously received. The rest of the property was to be equally divided between his wife, Mary Ann D. Goodyear, and his son !, Alfred D. Goodyear, the real estate broker. The administrators named by the deceased are his wife and his son Alfred. By Mrs. Goodyear's will, after disposing of her household effects to various relatives, she bequeaths to Mary A. Dickerman, her niece, bank book of the New Haven Savings bank representing $1 1,000; to her brother, Alfred Dickerman, $500; to George Good
 
 legacy in her husbands will; to her niece, Mary A. Hurd $200 to her niece, Adeline A. Whiting, $500; and the remainder of her estate to be divided equally between her brother Alfred Diekerman, her grand son Albert M. Goodyear, and her niece Mary A. Dickermsn. The hearing came up 8 week ago, but was continued until yesterday morning at the request of Lawyer Whedon, counsel for Alfred D. Goodyear, who was then seriously I ill at his home on the West Haven shore. Alfred D. Goodyesr's son, Albert M. Good year, is new heir to considerable property from his grandmother, the late Mary Ann D. Goodyear of North Haven, 6 relative. The youth had lived with his late grand I mother since infancy, and is said to be acting now under her advice in the matter of selecting guardian. The parents of the boy Alfred D. and Margaret Goodyear sepa- rated about @ dozen years ago, although
 
 now resides on Dwight street in house be- longing to the estate, while Goodyear resides as stated on the West Haven shore.
 The failure to have the senior Goodyear's will presented for probate makes many com plicatioAs.
 At yesterday mornings hearing Attorney Whedon appeared for Goodyear, Attorney Livingstone ". Cleaveland for Miss Mary A. DIckerman and the Mt. Carmel Ecclesiastical society, and A. J. Doolittle for himself as executor of Mrs. Goodyear's estate. Mir. Whedon, in asking for postponement, pre- scented Q certificate signed by Dr. Daggett. showing that Goodyear was unable to ap- pear in court The lawyer presumed that the delay in presenting the will was owing to the fact that there were no debts against the estate.
 It was finally agreed that the hearing on the appointment of an administrator of Good year's estate, as well as the appointment of 8 guardian for the grandson, should 20 over until next Wednesday ct Il o'clock.