In re the Estate of Jones

The matter of the estate of William S. Jones, application to probate what is claimed to have been a spoliated will, comes before the court now on a very important question; one that, so far as the practice of the court is concerned, so far as the rights of parties are concerned, and in view of the amount involved, and the interest elicited by ' the proceedings this far, involves very grave consequences. I am free to say that I have a deep and abiding appreciation of the importance of this case. It is one that has called for searching and exhaustive argument by counsel, and I believe that the…