New Britain herald., 1916-05-30
END 0F HEARING IS
 NOT YET IN SIGHT
Discussion Of Clark Estate Affairs
 to Be Continued thursday

| o'clock last night, Judge l.. P. Waldo
 Marvin, who was cited in to hear the | final account of E. w. Schultz. ad- l mln1strator of the estate of Bridget l Clark in the local probate court, ad- 1 Journed the hearing until Thursday | morning at his office in Hartford l At the conclusion of the examina- 1 ton Of MT. Schultz as administrator l W. l.. Hatch was sworn in and quali- l ned as an expert on real estate. He
 was asked by Judge Klett to give an 1 opinion whether the services of Mr. 1 Schultz were worth $2,50O as charged Attorney O'Connell, representing J. H. 1 Clark, who is opposing acceptance of 1 the administrators account ,innmedi- ! ately objected Judge Marvin ruled that MT. Hatch might give his opinion although he expressed the opinion that 1 IL could not be given much weight. MT. Hatch testified that he had set tied number of estates, chiefly the estate of the late Horace Booth He 1 thought $500 a fair charge for the work done. He was questioned by Mr. O'Connell as to his method of esti-
 mating such charge and was asked if he would make the same charge for services on an estate worth $1,00O as one worth $100,000. He replied that
 he would probably decline to settle a $l,0OO estate He didn't charge hv the day or hour but rather upon the service given.
 Attorney O'Connel then questioned the witness regarding the sale of property in the north end of the city near the Smalley school. It is the contention of J. H. Clark that MT. Schultz sold property of the estate at Tar too small price. One piece was sold to James Prendergast for s3,OOO and another tract went to George Le- Witt and still third to the city for playground purposes. MT. Hatch con- sidered that fair prices were ob- talned. He said the estate got more for the piece sold the city that he would have given.
 Judge Klett was sworn as a witt l ness to testify to legal charges made by the law firm of Klett & filling. These fees total s1,0OO. Judge Klett, using the office journal, went into de- tail on the legal work done for the estate. MT. Schultz, as administra- tor, frequently consulted them on the estates business. There was consid- erable court business, hearings and ar- guments. Judge Klett maintained that J. H. Clark would give no assistance to the administrator or the law firm in handling the affairs of the estate
 Attorney O'Connell raised ques- tions on many minor items of ex- pense. The chief objections, how ever, are based against the admins trator's charge of s2,5Oo for three years work, the charge of SLIGO by klett & filling for legal fees and the sale of property, while, it is alleeed, I o{
 Afternoon Hearing.
 When the hearing was resumed at l ? o'clock, Attorney O'Connell took un items of the final account. He oues- toned MT. Schultz concerning minor items of collection and distribution Regarding the sale of fifteen lots on West street, MT. Schultz testified he sold them for s3,o00, one-half of this amount going to the estate and one half to Elizabeth Clark Watkins.
 A question arose over the sale of ] tnose lots- Attorney O'Connell ques- tloneo MT: Schultz concerning the value while the property in that locality is in the neighborhood of Hartford avenue. MT. Schultz said that MT. Prendergast, the buyer. is asking $500 lot for the property. He said that was the asking price but nobody is buying. He was asked what his signs read. Mir. Schultz said they were his regular real es- tate signs, posted by the John Boyle company. He didn't know whether or not the signs read E. w. Schultz, administrator or the Estate of Bridset Clark. He didn't authorize anybody to make such a sign
 Attorney O'Connell asked the ad- r,,ir {e{r
 friend of MT. Prendergast and inter l ested in the sale of the property MT. Schultz said he was not a particular friend of MT. Prendergast, but sold him the property at what he con- l sidered a fair price.
 Turning to a plot of land on Tal- l colt and William streets. which the administrator sold for s2,SOO Attor- ney O'Connell questioned the price. He wanted to know if Mr Schultz would have sold those lots at $500 | each had he owned them MT. Schultz thought he obtained a fair price for them. He also considered l s4,000 fair price for the land sold ] to the city for the Smalley school l playground. Answering a question of l the New Haven lawyer, MT. Schultz again maintained that s350 was | fair price for the lots contained in the tract. He received nothing in the way of commission for the sale.
 Wants to Close Up Estate.
 Disclaiming an insinuation of At torney OConnell that he desired to l string the amount along to get all he l could out of the estate, MT. Schultz said the contrary he did every thing he could to facilitate matters and close up the estate. He had 1 his report completed before MT.