In re the Estate of Blackstone

Delehanty, S.

The petition in this proceéding asks for the probate of a paper writing asserted to be the last will of deceased. Concededly the propounded instrument is a carbon impression made simultaneously with a so-called ribbon copy of the same instrument. The ribbon copy and the carbon now propounded are shown to have been executed by the deceased. Each was duly witnessed and duly published as the will of deceased. The ribbon copy is missing. The case, therefore, presents another one of those problems created by the unwise practice of having duplicate executions of a will. By decision…