New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
Dr. J. C. Tanner Has Claim of $537 Against Estate Of E. s. Neal
ANOTHER COUSIN HEARD OF

tives of Court to Examine Physi-
 clans BilI-Democrats Name w. c.
 Hart For First Selectnlan-Briefs.
 Preferring to have the responsibil- | ity for the allowance of the claim rest upon regularly appointed com missioners, the Plainville Trust com | pany as eXecutor has declined to pay i a bill of Dr. J. c. Tanner for med | ical services rendered during the ill., ness of Frank s. Neal. The claim was | presented against MT. Meals estate | and the officers of the trust company decided that because of it's size it | should be investigated by representa- tives of the probate court.
 The decision has resulted in the l filing by Dr. Tanner of a petition ask 1 ing Judge George R. Byington to name commissioners to consider the claim. A hearing on the application will be held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock in the probate court.
 For months prior to MT. Neal's death Dr. Tanner acted as physician ! in the case, making two or three calls daily at the Neal home for num- Der of weeks. His claim for serV- (. the trust company does not claim the bill is exorbitant but believes that it's payment should be considered by commissioners rather than by the eXecutor.
 All other bills against the estate have been allowed by the executor.
 That there is still a possibility of contest over the legality of the will Is admitted by Judge Byington who has been advised that one of MT. Meals cousins has retained counsel in an effort to break it. The cousin in question is a man named Leonard who resides in Springfield and who had no notice of the hearing held some time ago when the will was admitted. The trust company notified the court of the residence of all known relatives but Leonard's name was omitted as the bank officials had no knowledge of the relationship.
 Leonard has requested the court to provide him with a copy of the will and he claims to be considering the filing of objection to the distribution of the property in the manner sug- gested in the document. He supplied no information as to the grounds on which he proposes to dispute it's 1e- gality.
 Two other cousins of MT. Neal pre- pared to contest the will when it was first filed with the court but they su b. sequently gave up the idea and the document was approved by Judge By ington.
 Democrats Make Selections.
 Confirming the forecast made sev- eral days ago by party leaders the or a St liam c. Hart as their candidate for first selectman at the October election The choice was made by exclamation on motion of A. H. Dresser and there was no objection. MT. Hart has ac- cepted the nomination and he stated today that he will conduct a vigorous campaign during the next few weeks.
 The caucus was held in the court room in the town building and was we'll attended. H. A. Castle, chair man of the demo ocratic town commit tee, presided and William L.. Cafferty served as clerk.
 There were no contests for any of the places on the ticket and the nom- nations were quickly made. An eff fort was made to make MT. Hart a candidate for constable but the plan was dropped after it was learned that the SeleCtnan cannot serve in this capacity
 The caucus marked the return to the dem ocratic party of John E. Con- Ion, who deserted to the G. o. P. two years ago when he was named for constable by the republicans. Last year his new found political associates l deserted him and he failed of renom- ination at the caucus. He Is now back in the democratic fold and his l name will appear on the ballot with 1 those of the other candidates fop places as police officers.
 Other nominations made last eve- ming were:
 Assessor-Frank G. Osborne.
 Board of relief-Edward P. Prior.
 electmen-Wil1iam c. Hart and Frederick S. Spencer.
 Auditor-F'rank G. Osborne
 Grand jurors-Minton A. Norton. Albert H. Dresser.
 Tax collector-E. D. Spellman
 Constab1es-John E. Conlon Corne- Illus Downing, Albert Sturgeon and Gaetano Casciello.
 Registrar of voters-A. D. Cady.
 Treasurer-Hles Buell..
 School committee-Rev H. T Walsh.
 Library director-William Foran.
 Want Opening Date Advanced.
 Parents of some of the children in town are talking of circulating a peti- ton suggesting the postponem of the opening of the schools from next Monday until some later date hecause