Wood v. Achey

1. If a will be lost or destroyed before or subsequently to the death or without the consent of the testator, a copy of the same may be admitted to probate and record in lieu of the original. Civil Code, § 3863; Harris v. Camp, 138 Ga. 752 (3) (76 S. E. 40). In a proceeding under this law, it is material whether the original was lost subsequently to the death or destroyed without the consent of the testator during his life; and a petition to establish and probate a copy of an alleged original under the provisions of the code section cited, which does not allege whether the will was lost after…