Circuit court jurisdiction

Whenever any will shall be lost, or destroyed by accident or design, the circuit court shall have the same power to take proof of the execution of the will and to establish the same, as in cases of lost deeds. Rev. Stat., ch. 157, § 48; C. & M. Dig., § 10542; Pope's Dig., § 14560; A.S.A. 1947, § 60-301. Whenever any will shall be lost, or destroyed by accident or design, the circuit court shall have the same power to take proof of the execution of the will and to establish the same, as in cases of lost deeds. Rev. Stat., ch. 157, § 48; C. & M. Dig., § 10542; Pope's Dig., § 14560; A.S.A. 1947, § 60-301.