In re McDonald

Delehanty, S.

Letters of administration on the estate of deceased were granted to his widow on May 21,1942. By petition filed July 1, 1942, the mother of deceased seeks to revoke such letters and to cause to be admitted to probate either a letter of deceased which is attached to the petition or an oral will of deceased, the tenor of which is recited in an annex to the petition.

Deceased lost his life in the sinking of the steamship u Lake Osweya ” which sailed from New York harbor on February 16, 1942, and which was torpedoed and sunk (it is conceded) on February 19,1942.

The writing of deceased…