New Britain herald., 1916-02-12
PlafnV3lle News COUGHLIN HEIRS ID
 FLIGHT ON APPEAL
Lawyer Denies Action Was With-
 drawn Because Of Error
REASONS FILED WITH COURT
Case May Come Up For Tria! Next Nfonth--SeIcctnan to Choose Joca- tions For New Lights-TWo Fuper- aIs Here Today-Briefs.

According to Attorney Noble E. | Pierce of Bristol, heirs of Patrick 1 Coughlin who thought the appeal of Charles F. Conlon from the acceptance of the accounting of the administrator | by the probate court of Bristol was automatically vacated by reason of his failure to file notice with the su- 1 perior court during the time provided by law are very much mistaken and the case will be taken up for trial probably next. month. Attorney Pierce
 is associated with Judge w. F. Man gan in representing MT. Conlon and other relatives of the eccentric bach elor who were displeased with the ac- ton of James Gray, the administrator.
 in paying certain claims presented by MT. and Mrs. William Coughlin.
 But s2O,00O of the dead mans
 wealth has been distributed and some
 of the heirs for the past few days had been anticipating a complete settle rnent of the estate in the near future,
 believing that there would be no fur ther litigation. They reported that Attorney Pierce had admitted to the administrator that notice had not been filed with the thirty days and consequently MT. Conlons suit could not come up for trial. The lawyer, they declared had requested the adminis- tratOr to permit of a re-opening of the case but the latter refused.
 The Bristol lawyer now comes for ward with the statement that the status of the appeal Is not as repre- sented by some of the heirs. He ar gues that he filed reasons for the ap- peal on Wednesday, getting within the time limit prescribed by law. The ap- peal was not made returnable, he con- tends, until the first Tuesday in Feb ruary instead of the first Tuesday in January as some of the heirs believed and a result there will be no diff culty in getting it assigned for trial. MT. Pierce claims he was called in to work on the case with Judge Mangan.
 The Conlon appeal concerns the payment of bills presented by MT. and Mrs. Coughlin for caring for their un- cle prior to death and for trouble and expense they were put to in having the funeral held from their home. Judge Newell accepted the admins trator's report, despite vigorous oppo- sition made by MT. COnlOn and notice of appeal was then given.
 The Coughlins declare they will not settle but will permit the appeal to go to trial. They declare their claims were justifiable and that they could have asked for a large ramount with out being unreasonab ble had they cared to do so.
 Will Select Locations.
 Selectmen Johnson, Calor and Hart are arranging to make a tour of the outskirts of the town next week for the purpose of selecting locations for the twenty new electric lights which they were authorized to install by the adjourned annual town meeting last month. The selectmen have been hold ing off for the past few weeks on ac- count of the weather. but they hope to make the necessary arrangements for the improvement in few days.
 Appeals for new lamps have been made from the residents of a nu,l- Der of streets. So many applications have come in that the selectmen can- not grant anywhere near them all. Consequently they have decided to personally inspect the various streets sAAd to be poorly illuminated, using ] t>.eir own discretion in locating fhe i additional bulbs.
 It is likely that two or three of the 1 new lamps will be placed on Whit 1 ing street to aid the Connecticut con- 1 panys myriad of "dazzling" incan-