Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-05

Trial of the suit of John A. Moran,
 administrator of the estate of John Tuckie, late of this city. against George H. Bradford. administrator of the es- tate of George H. Pratt, also late of Norwich, will be the first to occupy the November session of the superior court which opened here Tuesday morning with Judge Donald T. Warner presid- ing.
 The suit is brought to secure the return to the Tuckie estate of property on Boswell avenue, known as the Newmarket hotel property, and some adjacent lots. which it is claimed MT.
 Pratt secured from MT. Tuckie under duress and by fraud while Mr.. Tuckle was sick and within short time be- fore Mir. Tuckie's death. The real es- tate involved is said to be worth about S10,000. Both the principals are now dead and the suit is between the ad- ministrators of their respective estates. Attorneys Charles V. James and c. Hadlai Hull are counsel for MT. Moran and Brown & Perkins for MT. Bradford.
 When court came in for the after
 noon session at o'clock Tuesday the attorneys in this case spent two hours in conferences endeavoring to effect a settlement of the case without trial. These efforts proved futile and at 4 o'clock the selection of jury for trial of the case was begun. The following was the jury selected: John H. Sherman, Norwich; Gordon Spicer, Frank Crary. Otis A. Brown ing, Preston; William R. Burdick,
 James Armstrong, Griswold; Sans W. T'hTooy1 Mark Gtandish TahanOp'
 Dwight Maine. North Stonington; Frank I. Date. Franklin; Henry B. Young, George A. Tanner. Voluntown. Court was adjourned at 4.15, as two | of the jurors had to catch the 4.30 | Westerly trolley in order to get home. 1 When Judge Warner learned that this would be the rule each day, he direct l ed that court come in at 9,30 in the
 morning instead of at 10. so that, the | half hour lost in the afternoon might | be made up in the morning. Jurors | from the North Stonington and Pres ton section said they would have to | catch the 6.30 trolley in order to get | to court in time in the morning. The 25 jurors who answered to their
 names when Clerk George E. Parsons called the roll were the following: | Norwich = Charles McGibney. John l H. Sherman John J. Cornell. 1 Preston Gordon Spicer. Frank ! Crary, Otis A. Browning, Elmer E 1 Miller.
 + Colchester-Edward T. Bunyan.
 Griswold - William R. Burdick
 James Armstrong. Elmer G. Stark
 weather.
 Lebanon-sans W. Throop. Clarf H. Standish. Edward W. Jones.
 North Stonington-Alfred M. Clark
 Dwight Maine.
 Bozrah-Nelson L. Stark. Albert G
 Avery.
 Franklin - Frank I. Date, Luthe
 Holton.
 Sprague-Frank A. Fitch Lisbon-George G. Bromley. Salem-George O. Avery. Noluntown = Henry E. Young
 George A. Tanner. These were excused for the term
 John W. Stott. Byron W. Peck, Nor
 wich A. Morgan Fuller, Preston
 Frederick J. Judson. Colchester; "
 H. Lee. North Stonington; Dennis J
 Hines. Sprague; George W. Allen. Lis
 boa, to Dec. 2; Charles A. Williams
 Salem, for the term.
 The remainder of the jurors not o1
 the Tuckie case. were excused unti Thursday morning.
 Sustains Eugene suIlivaa's Will. The first case on the assignment lis for trial was the case of John J. Sul livan vs. Barbara E. Sullivan, execu trix, an appeal from probate involvin the validity of the will of Eugene Sul livan who died in Norwich May | 1919. MT. Sullivan was a contractc engaged largely in concrete and ston ! and h :ghway construction and wide ly known and highly respected cit zen.
 The ease stood fer trial to the jur
 but before the jury was empanelle