The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-01
LAWYERS WRANGLE OVER
 SALE OF MRS, CURTIS YACHT OSCEOLA FOR S7,OOO
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l o4k ClLy, N1TS. CuTC1S IS possessed O1 | a trust worth about $2,OOO,O0O, and 1 she has an independent fortune be- l sides estimated from several hundred | thousands to over a million. | Making her home alternately in Fairfield, and in New York city, she | indulged her fancies for making ex- travagant purchases to such an ex- tent that Judge Nobbs was convinced three years ago that she should have conservator Testimony was offer ed during that hearing that the wo-
 man was addicted to imnoderate use or 1ntox1cants.
 Now that her attending physician,
 an eminent specialist, testif1es she is competent, legal battle has begun
 that promises to be one of the most hot1y contested in the history of Con- necttcut Jurisprudence.
 Mrs. Curtis has retained as her
 lawyers, r. l.. Kellogg of New York
 city and Stiles Judson, State Attorney
 for Fairfield county. Appearing for
 Judge Banks, the conservator, in op- position to her petition for restora-
 tion to rights, is Attorney Daniel Dav-
 enport, of this city, whose activities
 t1onal figure At the hearing yester-
 day. Attorney c. S. Northrop of New
 1ork s,rah appeaTed s red fer Hide; a minor
 so another son, Keith Morris. Still
 another lawyer figured in yesterdays
 proceedings, Attorney Henry W. Baird
 basin in which the Osceola has been stored for three years.
 No sooner had Judge Nobbs con vened his court in the City Hall here yesterday than Attorney Davenport raised two questions, one as to the proprfety of holding the hearing in any court other than the Fairfield Probate court, the other as to the form of Mrs. Curtis application. The application he contended must come from a per son other than Mrs. Curtis.
 Judge Nobbs agreed to adjourn to Fairfield, and the lawyers, court and witnesses promptly hurried to the Fairfield town offices by trolleys and automobiles Judge Nobbs proceeded with the hearing, making the desired reservation as to the form of Mrs Curtis application.
 But so long and bitter were the ar guments over the sale of the yacht that the hearing of Mrs. Curtis appli- cation was hardly begun before the town offices and Judge Nobbs, who hadn't partaken of food since early morning, became famished.
 Judge Banks opened the hearing with the reading of correspondence relative to the condition of the Osecola- He pointed out that it was run down and basin where 1t has been lying for three years. Bills of $1, 200 for storage and $725- for wages are due Attorney Henry .. " Baird, representing the Judge Banks was dwelling upon the inpecunious condition of his trust when Attorney Kellogg interrupted.
 What about the income on the $2,- 100000 from the Mary c. Pinkney es- tate?" he queried. '.And Mrs. Curtis has seven or eight hundred thousand dollars worth of property in New York besides that,'' he added. Judge. Banks continued to explain that the $7, ,Ooo oneFed for the yacht would be of terial assistance in defray1ng expenses. -I have had to pay $1, 900 out of my own funds to care for the live stock on the Curtis place in Fairfield" de- clared he.
 ssweII what's being done with this money, anyway" stormed Kellogg. "I don't know. None has been spent on her within the last year.
 Judge Banks to avoid further con troversy produced four huge folfos, covered with typewriter figures. a Curtis estate.
 ssWeu, it looks as if it's all going to the lawyer and none to her,'' said Kellogg after a brief perusa1 of the figure laden folios. '"There is no UT gent need for money. anyway, except for her support, and she is getting none from the conservator for that purpose
 low price for the yacht, but he be- 1ieved under the circumstances the sale ought to go through. Kellogg again referred to the conduct of the estate Banks lost his patience.
 stYour talk sounds like romance'', he exclaimed. Its ridiculous to say she 1Ss worth rom seven to eight hupdred thousand dollars besides her interest in the Pinmey estate. She owns one piece of property in New York worth s275,O0o and it is mort. gag9a for nof S17o4og She 4~es ss427q about s12,00O in legal expenses. She is keeping up her home in Fairfield, her home in 86th street and is living the Savoy is taking chance in a1- lowing her to run up. bills, for she has been adjudged incompetent, and has been ordered to live at home.
 Well, what about the s15o,ooO her logg. Isn't that an asset ?"
 Banks was about to reply when Kellogg began to storm against the sale of the yacht.
 'tShe never wants anything done" said Banks; Ban .'she want wants to M let u things engaging you as lawyer in this
 Then there was talk about a dis
 Attorney c. P. Northrop who had not hitherto had any better than a gallery seat in the proceedings bound to break in for several minutes fin i ally yelled out that he would be | heard. eff you plan any such dis tribution without protecting the in. I'll get an injunction
 Senator Judson asked Judge Banks 1 why the Fairfield home of Mrs. Cur l tis wasn't rented when she didn't l occupy it. Then it was disclosed that | she had given her son, Louis Morris, l permission to live there this sum- mer, despite the fact that it was Louis efforts she was ori- | sirally declared icompetent.
 wallace Downey. a yacht broker, of New York was asked about the offer of George Rankle, West Indian who would give $7,0O0 for he Osceola. He said the offer in lis judgment should be accepted. He valued the yacht at $5,O0O. He con ;idered RankIe's offer excellent. Ran zIe must get away at once, he said, with the yacht, in order to avoid the Hurricane season. Kellogg voiced a further protest and said if the estate were in Mrs. Curtis hands the in .one inside of half a year would be