In re the Estate of Humiston

Evans, S.

Frederick W. Humiston died in the town of Florence, Oneida county, N. Y., on or about the 28th day of February, 1926. It is claimed by the petitioner that the decedent executed a last will and testament during the months of January or February, 1926, but the exact date is undetermined. She also claims that this will was in existence subsequent to the death of the decedent and was either lost or destroyed.

The decedent was an unmarried man, nearly seventy years of age, who lived alone. The evidence is that shortly before his death and during the present year the decedent called at the…