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

Fowler, 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…