In re the Estate of Jansons

Collins, S.

This proceeding is another reverberation of the calamitous consequences of World War II. It is an application to declare Karlis Jansons, an absentee, to be dead, for a determination of his distributees, and for a decree directing that letters of administration on his estate be granted to the Public Administrator, who is now acting as temporary administrator.

The petition was entertained by the Surrogate who directed the issuance of a citation, pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 2 of section 119 of the Surrogate’s Court Act, to all * the parties who would be interested in the…