( 1 ) THE above petition has been filed for the grant of letters of administration with copies of the authenticated copies of the will and two codicils annexed thereto in respect of the estate of a certain John Hunter alexander, hereinafter referred to as the testator'. The petitioner is sri Tadimalla Subba Rao, who happens to be the holder of a Power of attorney of the Executors and Trustees, entitled to administer the estate, who are not residing in India. After the petition was received by the court it was duly advertised in a local daily. No objections have been received from any body for the issue of letters of administration as prayed for.

( 2 ) BRIEFLY stated the facts of the case are these: The testator was ordinarily residing at Chickamagalur in the State of Mysore. He was a planter by profession owning properties in India and Scotland. While he was in scotland, the testator made a will on November 16, 1955, and signed the same in the presence of two witnesses, namely, Mr. David Smith and miss Laura Cecilia Young, who duly attested it. By that will he appointed james Miller and Robert Fair-weather Alexander as the Trustees to act as executors of the will empowering them or

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