In re the Probate of the Will of Sands

Griffiths, S.

Petitioner has offered for probate a paper writing dated September 10,1927. An examination thereof indicates that such writing is a carbon copy, petitioner representing that she has been unable with due diligence to locate the ribbon copy. The trust company, which was named as sole executor and at whose offices the instrument was executed, is in liquidation and it is asserted that a search of its files fails to reveal any record of such ribbon copy. The proof establishes that both the ribbon and the carbon duplicate were duly executed simultaneously.

Although proof has been…