Oral evidence of a deceased's statements about having made a will, without any person having seen, read, or prepared the will, and without any documentary corroboration, is insufficient to establish the existence of a lost will to the requisite standard of proof. The [name withheld] standard applies given the gravity of the consequences of a finding that a will existed.
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