New York Court of Chancery January 23, 1843 (Chaffee v. Baptist Missionary Convention)

The Chancellor.

The return in this case is very imperfect, as it does not state who propounded the will before the surrogate, when the proceedings to prove it were instituted j who were ascertained by him to be the next of kin of the decedent, and which of them, if any, were infants, or were cited to attend upon the proving of the will; or who did in fact attend and litigate the will before him.