Hatch v. Sigman
New York Surrogate's Court
Petition, by Armenia Sigman, decedent’s daughter, for the probate of a will alleged to have been lost or destroyed; opposed by Eliza A. Hatch and another. The facts appear sufficiently in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Surrogate.
This is a proceeding instituted by the petitioner, an illegitimate child of decedent, to establish a will alleged to be lost or destroyed. The right of an interested party to resort to proceedings like the present is occasionally an imperative necessity, and the mode of procedure, the proof required, and the restrictions imposed are statutory in their nature, so that a .brief reference to the laws applicable in such cases will serve to illustrate more clearly the pertinence or deficiencies in the proof presented.
First. Where a will, a/uly executed, has been lost or destroyed, by…
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