That the original of the above copy was "delivered in May 1900 to L. Anders by the deceased and at the time of delivery was declared by him to be his Inst will and testament and it was received and understood to be by the aL. Andersen.
That the said L. Andersen was at the time of the delivery to him of the said will as well as at the time of his death the intimate hi friend of the deceased and naturally one in whom such a trust would be reposed.
That the said will has been destroyed or lost, but your petitioner is prepared to prove the contents to have boon sub-the id L, Andersen.
That the said will was lost or destroyed without the knowledge of direction of the suid Clarence E. Fiske, who helievd and understood, from the date of its delivery to the sail L. Anderson ix May 1909 up tothe time of his death in March 1905, that it was still in the aafo keeping of the said L. Andersen as his last will and testa. ment, as your petitioner in prepared to prove by the repeated verbal declarations the deceased and his written declaration immediately preceding.
That the ssid will never was revoked by the testator, nor by any person in "his presence or by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same, and that the same was in the belief and intention end understanding of th testator, a valid and subs will at the time of his death, bat th t it cannot now be found
Court decree that the ssid Clarence KO, Wherefore, the petitioner prays that this Fiske did in May 1900 execute la his own \dwriting and under his own sign ture last will and testament, and that the same lias b en lost or destroyed without the Knowledge or consent of the testator, and that the alleged copy set forth in' this petition is a substantially accurate copy of the said last will and te-toment and as such shall be admitted to probate, and that such person ay to the Court may seem proper, be appointed to represent the estate of the said Clarence E. Fiske, and to administer it according ta the inten.
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