The Newtown bee., 1909-04-09
THE LOST WILL OF MRS DELLA
 HOY FOUND.
Result: Legal Mix-Up.
FORMER RESIDENTS OF NEW
 TOWN.

The old residents of Newtown will undoubtedly be interested iE the fol- | lowing story relating to the estates of William +. Hoy and Della Hoy. his wife, who were residents of New town for a great many years, nov ing to Bridgeport some 20 years ago. On moving to Bridgeport they resided at 25 Adams Street, in property which at that time Mr Hoy owned. They continued to live there together until September, 1906, when Mrs Hoy died; MT Hoy continued to live there until his death. which was June 6, 1908. Shortly after MT Hoy's death, the executor of his will offered the same for probate, which was done, and under which Mrs Emma l.. Sprague, wife of Capt Daniel Sprague, acquired the late home of MT and Mrs Hoy, valued at about $2500. Later, the executor found upon examination of the re- cords, that MT Hoy did not own the property given to Mrs Sprague; but instead it was owned by Mrs Hoy at the time of her death, as appeared of record.
 As soon as this discovery was made trouble began. The Spragues claimed that MT Hoy gave this pro perty by will to his wife, under an agreement that Mrs Sprague and her husband should take care of MT and Mrs Hoy from the time this agree ment was made, which was in No yember, 1905, as long as they lived; and that, as the intent of the viii was defeated by MT 44oy's not own ing the property, they had claims against Doth estates; administration having been granted on the est -te of Mrs Hoy as soon us the discovery was made that she owned the proDerety. These claims amounted to $4450 against each estate, which made both estates insolvent. Whereupon the executcr under the will of Mi Hoy, and the administrator of the estate of Mrs Hoy, who was the same person, applied to the Probate Court for the appointment of commission CTS, wnereupon the C0ur' appointed Attorneys Clifford B. Wilson and Frank ". Wilder and Joel T. Woost- CT, commissioners on both estates, and they met on Monday of this week, prepared tu hear the claims against both estates; Judge DeFor- est of Bridgeport, representing the Spragues, A. W. Merritt representing som of the heirs s-at-law of Mrs Hoy and Attorney Beecher, the admins trator and eXecu'or, representing the estates. The hearing on The Sprague claims was not concluded on Mon day, but was adjourned until Tues day; but between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, something happened which put everybody ill connection with what appeared to he endless litigation out of business. It was the finding of the will made by Mrs Hoy ill 1892, giving all of hel property to her husband William H
 Hoy; with the result, that as mat ' ter of fact. tic property after all did belong to Mr Hoy under the last will of his wire, which will be offered for probate in few days.
 The probable result of this will be that the Spragues will get the pro, Iperty at 25 Adams Ssteet, and the heirs-at-law of Mrs Della H. Hoy vii
 get nothing, as she left no estate, ex. cept what she disposed of by will tt her husband. The eI.eect of this dis. covery of the will of l4ls> Hoy, whict so mysterously turned up after year: of slumbering, and in the midst of 2 trial involving the very property covered by the will, is that the pro perty will have to ue shifted iron
 one estate to the other, and della! of the settlement of both estates fol
 several months. One desirable re suit, however, will he accomplished which is, the probable termination ot all litigation.