New Britain herald., 1915-11-30
HERbERTL MILLS n.;s.r n';ss.,' ;s:

lis services, which was signed in the court of probate. Witness denied that ] he said the payment would cover his l entire services as co-executor and he did not say that it would remunerate 1 him for his work in connection with 1 the Auto Parts company.
 Then your present claim is for ex- tricatings the Brady estate from its
 tangle with the Hartford Auo Parts
 company" asked Judge Malone. Not entirely replied MT. McCabe. Well tell us just what actual work you did regarding the sale of land be- longing to the estate and MT. Cad well," said the attorney for the heirs. "I talked it over several times with MT. Caldwell" was the reply, "and we thought we should get $500 lot but
 were able to get only $250." MT. McCabe told of Philip Corbin serving notice that the $9,000 mort
 gage must be paid and of the trans fer of the land to MT. Corbin. Speak
 ing of the settlement of the income from the estate, he said Mrs. Brady
 was allowed $6,00O year for ex-
 penses at first and later Judge Calf ney ruled that she was entitled to the entire income.
 Estate Relieved of Obligation.
 Referring again to the trouble with
 the Hartford National bank, MT. Mc- Cabe said he refused to pay the Judg-
 ment of $20,0O0 against the estate be-
 cause he thought it was un1a1r that
 the Brady estate should be singled out
 when there were three other endors- CTS of the $4O,Ooo guarantee. He eX- pressed the opinion that the Brady es- tate was selected because Of it's size. He had MT. Caldwell call meeting of the officers of the Auto Parts com pany and the company agreed to as- sume responsibility for all litigation, engaging Attorney Andrew J.. Broughel of Hartford. Later the company relieved the estate of the obligation caused by the endorsement of MT. Brady and a reorganization was effected, the stockholders receiv- ing fifty per cent. of new stock for 100 per cent. of their holdings in the
 old concern.
 MT. McCabe said he persuaded Mrs Brady to pay $2,250 on $1O,OOO which the endorsers were. paying on the $40,00O. This brought the amount down to $20,00O as $1O,0OO had been paid previously. Mrs. Brady made out
 her personal checks, he said, and then
 stopped payment on it until he talked
 With her and convinced her it was all | for the best.
 In answer to question by MT. Ma | lone, MT. McCabe said he had no con-
 versation with William J. Noble
 manager of the Brady Electric and
 Manufacturing company to the effect
 that the first payment of s2,50O would
 be for his services in full Mrs. Brady
 told him, he said, that she would be
 willing to lose every dollar invested
 to be relieved of the tangle with the
 Hartford National bank. This con-
 cluded his testimony
 Considered First Bill An Outrage. Mrs. Brady was the first witness for ] the helrs. She said she was sufficiently
 familiar with MT. McCabes duties to know Just what he had done. She 1 sald she positively opposed the pay
 ment of $2,5O0 for his services since
 'Feoruary, 1914, as she did not think
 his work entitled him to it. She said 1 she considered the first bill for $2,5
 an outrage but she feared having the i estate brought to court and she | signed the check for that amount. | When MT. McCabe wished to resign as co-executor at that time, she said,
 Judge Gaffney advised that MT. Mo- | Cabe be retained until the settlement of the disputes between the estate and the Auto Parts company. She told the judge at that time, she said, that
 she could not afford to have MT. Me | Cabe continue and the latter, she said,
 told her there would be no extra
 charge. ...
 Cross examined by Judge John Walsh, counsel for MT. McCabe, Mrs. i Brady replied, "I don't remember" | to several questions put to her. These 1 questions had to do with certain al- legged conferences between her and MT. McCabe over the payment of the first $2,500. She denied that she had abused MT. McCabe after paying her personal check for $2,50O on a $10,000 payment to the Hartford Ma l tonal bank. She said she held up
 the payment of the check for some time on the advice of her sons. Judge Gaffney took a hand in the 1 questioning and asked Mrs. Brady whether she recalled MT. McCabe 1 presenting a bill for $2,700 in Feb | ruary, 1914 She did not remember 1 the incident. Neither did she recall MT. McCabe taking $2OO off the bill.