In re the Accounting of Burgin

Gardner,

Acting Surrogate. A hearing was held and evidence was offered by petitioner to show that testator was first known as Herman Brockman, who came to live with Thomas Park and his family on a farm in Cortland County as an eightyéar-old boy prior to 1875. Thomas Park and his wife had two daughters, Jennie and Annie, and a son, John Charles. Herman grew up with these children and apparently assumed the name of Herman B. Park. Although he referred to Thomas Park and his wife as “ Ma ” and “ Pa ” and was treated on an equal basis with their three children, there is no proof or claim that he…