New Britain herald., 1914-04-03
PIainVille News
CUT BILLS AGAINST INSOLVENT ESTATE
Court Reduces Claims Presented Against Walter WcICh.

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 APPEALS ARE NOT EXPECTED Undertaken McElroy Will Get But $s5 Holy Name Society to Arrange for Lecturc-NIinisters Act on Rev. $. Et I.awson's Dcparture-Bricfs. Accepting the accounting of the ad- 1 ministrator James J. Watson of New Britain, Probate Judge George R. Byington has sent notices to the 1 creditors of the estate of Walter Welch advising them of the action
 taken on the claims. The estate was insolvent and some of the bills had
 to be cut down before the administra- tor could make a settlement The court has not as yet been informed as to whether the decision is satisfac- tory to the creditors but 1t is consider I ed unlikely that any of them will take 1 an appeal.
 Welch's estate inventoried at but $126. yet it was one of the most diff cult to settle of any during Judge i Ryington's administration. Several 1 hearings were heard and there were i frequent conferences between at | tcrneys for the creditors, none of | Which brought about an agreement, | With the result that the court had to decide on the merits of the claims
 Trouble in the settlement of the
 estate was brought about by James J.
 McNally, who held Welch's life in-
 surance policy. Some time before he
 died, Welch unable to pay the pre-
 niums, is said to have turned over 1 the policy to McNally with the under l standing that he would collect the in- | surance at his death if he kept up
 the payments. McNally made regu-
 lar settlements with the insurance
 company thereafter but as he neglected
 to have the name of the beneficiary
 changed in the policy, the company
 paid the insurance to the administra- l tor of the estate. Q McNally put in a claim for the en- ! tire amount with the probate court 1 Lawyer upson, representing Under l taker McElroy. who had presented a l claim for $95 for funeral expenses, | argued that McNally was not entitled
 to anything, while Attorney P. F. Me- 1 Donough, McNally's lawyer, set up the
 contention that his clients failure to
 get the necessary changes made in the policy should not cause his forfeiture of the insurance money
 The conferences resulted in Me- l Elroy reducing his bill to $75. This
 was not satisfactory to McNaly's coun- l
 sel and it was reported to the court | that the creditors could not reach a ! compromise. Judge Byington in ac- l ccpting the administrators report
 cut down the undertaker's bill to $65 and authorized the payment to Me- Nally of whatever amount remained after the other expenses were settled McNally's share, it is figured, will be l about $31. To Arrange for Lecture. At special meeting of the Holy Name society held last evening in the basement of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy a committee consist ing of Joseph l.. Mcdonald, Joseph Glynn, P. N. Prior, John J. Murphy and John Fitzgerald was appointed to make arrangements for lecture and smoker to be given in the near future. The committee was in- structed to confer with the pastor. Rev. H. T. Walsh concerning the se- lection of a prominent speaker. The date of the lecture will con- form with the wishes of the speaker to be selected. The society voted to hold it's next meeting in Forest vile on Sunday, April 26, at 7 o'clock in the evening. The lecture com mittee will meet next Wednesday evening in Plainvlle. Ministers Take Action. The Plainville Ministers associa- tion at it's regular meeting yesterday afternoon adopted resolutions felici- tating Rev. s. E. Lawson on his pro-
 motion to the pastorate of the Meth odist church in Darien. MT. Lawson has been a member of the organiza- tion since it started and the other
 clergymen esteem him highly. The resolution adopted yesterday follows: 'Inasmuch as Rev. s. F. Lawson
 has been assigned to another field, the members of the Plainwille Min