In re the Estate of Bongiovanni

O’Brien, S.

This probate proceeding presented another instance of a will prepared and supervised as to execution by a notary public. (Matter of Barry, 119 Misc. 102; Matter of Schaffaus, N. Y. L. J. July 1, 1924; see, also, Law Journal editorial page [correspondence], issues of April 22, 24, 27 and 29, 1931.) The propounded paper is one of the customary printed forms. Before mutilation it presumably consisted of a long sheet folded in foolscap fashion, so as to make two sheets or four pages of legal cap size with printed matter and blank spaces to be filled in. Of the first sheet the lower…