In re the Probate of the Will of Kasprzynski

John D. Bennett, S.

A bizarre issue has been raised in these hearings to determine the status of three aliens resident in Poland, who propose to contest the probate of a propounded instrument. The executor insists that one of these contestants is dead. His attorney in fact argues with equal vehemence that he is alive, and urges the court to admit into evidence a “certification” of a Polish tribunal which asserts in part that the contestant, Antoni Kacprzynski, “ has declared himself to us in person, which constitutes certification that he is in fact alive.” In addition to the contestant just…