Creek v. Laski

This is an action in tort to recover damages for malicious destruction of a will. Plaintiff had verdict and judgment.

The will, in which defendant was named executrix, admittedly was destroyed by her after the death of her husband, the testator, because of dissatisfaction with its terms. Some four years later she filed a petition in probate court to have the destroyed will allowed. In that proceeding the attorney who drafted the will testified that it contained a bequest of $2,000 to plaintiff. Plaintiff, upon learning of the bequest to her, became a party to the proceeding and was represented…