Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-23

Civil case-49, Horace Gslpin & Co. We.
John Kaiser; III, Porter & Wetmore VS..
Judeon Brothers; 11S, First National bank
of Meriden Va. ID. P. Woodruff; 240, Yale
National bank va. Anton Basserman; 495, A.
III. Miller VS.. g. B. Bradley; 53S, Hartford
We. G. s. Brown; COS, Frank w. Nix VS.,
VS.. the America and the Nile; 666, in re.
the Joshua Bedell, petitioner of owners for
Limitation of value of vessel; S75, United
States Va. Sir Titus Salt, Bart, Sons & Co.,
etc.; 907, John P. Wierk ct al. VS.. the
Mary Adelaide Russell; 90s, United States
vs.. one case of embroideries; 925, Syl
vester Greenwood VS.. town of Westport;
GIG, Ambrose Van Etten VS.. same
925, G. W. Myers. receiver, etc., VS..
Robert Bowman; 926, same vs.. Mary
Morse; $40, Spencer Lopgstreet vs. 7St
tons of coal; 94s, George B. Rsthburn VS.
schooner Jennie; 952, Nelson Pond VS.. tn,
Hattie Thomas, etc.; 967, Morgan IroI
works vs. the'Acushnet; 975, Nichols Chem
ical company VS.. the Menuncatuck; $40
Thames Tow Boat company vs.. the Contra
railroad of New jersey.
Probate Court-Judge Robertson.
In this court yesterday Attorneys Lynd
Harrison, Bristol, Stoddard & Bristol
James T. Moran, Henry T. Blake and Cor
poration Counsel Driscoll, counsel In tn
Msrett Gaze, appeared snd agreed to b
ready to have a hearing on the appoint
ment of trustee of the estate on Saturday
October z. This date was agreeable I,
Judgs Robertson, and he appointed tn,
hearing for that time. The arguments OF
the demurrer of the bsnefeiaries under tn,
will will be argued before the appointment
of the trustee.
]. f. Msher, clerk at Springside farm
was appointed conservator over Catherine
O'Brien, an inmate of that institution VIII,
has a small sum of money which she doe
not take care of. She receives a pension
of $32 quarter and has a small amount o
money in bank.
There was also a hearing on the accept
ance of the report of Attorney John Il
Whiting, administrator of the estate o
Hiram A. Gray. Heirs of the estate hay,
made several attempts to have Attorne,
Whiting removed as administrator fol
various reasons. They failed to secure al
accounting from him, and all efforts t,
find him to make him explain hia man
agement of the estate were unsuccessful
until about week ago, when Attorney
Whiting returned to the city and filet
his report. Yesterday Judge Robertson,
when the matter came up, stated t.
Attorney Penney, who represented
some of the heirs, that he wa
perfectly satisfied that Attorney Whiting'
report was all right and that he had ex
hausted the estate in settling the claim
against it. He had paid the note of $5OC
which he owed the estate and also ad
vanced cash In settlement of other matters
connected with the estate. Attorney
Penney upon looking over the repor
thought that 1t was all right and was will
ing that 1t should be accepted. In order
that all parties interested might have time
to look It over, the hearing on its accept
ance was continued until September 10
Attorney Whiting was allowed $33 for hi
services as administrator, that being al
there was left.
Attorney Jason P. Thomson counsel fol-
Rollin O. Woodruff, trustee of the insol
vent estate of E. T. Pierpont, announced
that the report would be filed on Saturday
and that the estate would pay no dividend