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PETITION ENTERED ON BANK ACCOUNT e 3 Counsel for Receiver Is y Afraid Precedent Would , Be Established : e Judge Frank P. McEvoy ordered briefs filed in the claim presented 7 to him today asking that a series : of accounts under the name of 1 Rev Joseph Valdambrini in the ; Merchants Trust Co, be classified as deposits. The accounts amount to several hundred dollars. Father , Valdambrini had secured a draft 1 for their total value but the paper failed to go through the clearing ; house before the bank closed. S Attorney John B. Greco presented the claim. Attorney Walter D. Torrance of Carmody & Thoms, counsel for the receiver agreed y that the claim was justified and that the receiver believed the accounts should be considered as de< 1 posits, but that a serious precedent e would be established should such steps be taken. / He pointed out that there are a i number of such claims that could 1 be raised in the same manner against the receiver. He explained ; that when Attorney Francis T. I Reeves was receiver's counsel, a series of such claims were heard by State Referee Isaac Wolfe, by order of superior court and that he recommended that they be classified as common creditors. When Judge Arthur F. Ells accepted the. referee's report and judgment thereon entered, no appeal was taken within the time specified by law. Attorneys. in the case will file briefs in support of their claims. New Sidewalk Decision was reserved by Judge Frank P. McEvoy on the application of the receiver for the Merchants Trust Co asking authority to spend $450 to construct a new concrete reinforced sidewalk on the South Main street side of the bank, following a hearing in superior court today. Receiver's counsel, Attorney Walter D. Torrance explained that insurance companies have com. plained of the condition of the glass surfaced walk and that it would leave the bank and its insurer open to damage suits. Non-Support Case Decision was reserved by Judge Frank P. McEvoy on the contempt of court proceedings brought against Alfonse Gelinas of this city by his wife, Mabel Gelinas, following a hearing in superior court today. The defendant was ordered some time ago to pay $5 weekly for the support of his wife, pending the hearing of her divorce suit against him. The order, says her counsel, Attorney Joseph C. Guilfoile, was not complied with. The defendant, through his counsel, Attorney Henry J. Freeman, informed the court the man has no money to pay the order. HOLC Bonds Permission to sell $500 worth of Home Owners Loan bonds in connection with the liquidation of the Central Industrial bank, was granted by Judge Frank P. McEvoy in superior court today. Attorney Alfred L. Finklestein, counsel for the trustees in charge of the liquidation explained the money would be used to assist in winding up the affairs of the company.
