In re the Estate of Brookman

Abbott, S.

Henry D. Brookman departed this life in the city of Brooklyn on the 10th day of Eebruary, 1895. In pursuance of an order of this court, his box in the Mercantile S-afeDeposit Company in the city of New York was opened, with a view to discovering whether the deceased had left any last will *253and testament, and in said box, among a bundle of canceled and worthless' papers, was found a paper purporting to be a will dated July 23, 1879; and a codicil dated June 16, 1883. The codicil began on the same sheet of paper upon which the will ended, there being only a short blank space between…