In re Contested Will of Barbineau

Varnum, S.

The trial herein was conducted before Surrogate Arnold, and it has now been stipulated that the case be decided by me without a new hearing. The importance of the issues involved, together with "the great number of conflicting statements scattered through the voluminous testimony that was taken, have caused me to feel keenly the disadvantage of being compelled to weigh evidence without seeing and hearing the witnesses who produce it, and I have, therefore, been at pains to give the minutes and the exhaustive briefs submitted the most careful study before arriving at my decision.…