"The testator in this case was a shipmaster, and his disappearance was accompanied by the disappearance of the ship and the entire ship's company in the course of a voyage from London to Marseilles.

There will be a rigorous inquiryand a decidedly unpleasant one, I suspectand the evidence will be reviewed by the judge with a strong predisposition to regard the testator as being still alive.

Wills can be revoked in whole or in part, only by being canceled or destroyed by the act or direction of the testator with the intention of so revoking them, or by the execution of subsequent wills.

It was enacted that all the children should be called to the estate, whether they had been under the power of the testator at the time of his death or not; and female relatives were now allowed to come in for their share "in the third degree," that is, if there was neither a child or an agnate surviving.

"What better evidence could the courts desire of the wishes of a testator than such a letter?" "The reason is simple enough!"

Declarations of the testator to the effect that he intended to revoke the will, will not be sufficient to prove a cancellation.