In re the Probate of a Paper Propounded as the Last Will & Testament of Jacobs

Fowleb, S.

This in one respect is a most unusual case in this tribunal. As stated in the written brief of counsel, submitted in behalf of proponent: “ the testimony * * * is most conflicting, almost every fact testified to by any of the witnesses being contradicted.” This frank and justified statement by proponent’s own counsel is very significant on a'contested probate, where the burden of proof, by established authority, rests so strongly on the proponent throughout the trial.

For more than a year past the proponent has been acting as the administratrix of her late husband, Henry Jacobs. The…