Estate of Reynolds

From a judgment and order dismissing their petition to revoke after probate the purported lost will of Thomas J. Reynolds, deceased, and confirming the order admitting such will to probate, petitioners appeal.

The sole question to be determined is whether the proponent of the will has met the statutory requirements for proving a lost will.

Section 350 of the Probate Code provides: “No will shall be proven as a lost or destroyed will unless proved to have been in existence at the time of the death of the testator, or shown to have been destroyed fraudulently or by public calamity in the lifetime…