R. R. v. . Mining Co.

The right of plaintiff to recover was admitted to depend, among other questions, upon the sufficiency of the probate of the will of Oliver Ditson, an exemplification of which was recorded in Chatham (242) County, to pass the land in dispute.

The attestation clause of the will and the probate in Massachusetts were as follows:

"Signed, sealed and published and declared by the aforesaid testator as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have prescribed our names as witnesses hereto.

"OTIS NORCROSS, "EDWIN…