In re Martinhoff

*287The Surrogate.—The question presented in this case is whether I have the power to take up the probate of a will at the point where it was left by my predecessor in office, complete the proofs and then decide the questions at issue upon the whole evidence, including that which was taken before my predecessor.

The Surrogate’s Court has only a special and limited statutory jurisdiction, and, in general, its proceedings can be sustained only by showing a conformity to the statutes on the subject. Hence, I must hold that I have no such power, unless it is derived from some statute. But I think such…