The record of what is proved or deposed in court by witnesses on the motion to admit a will to record, and any deposition lawfully taken out of court on such motion, of witnesses who cannot be produced at a trial in the Circuit Court before a jury, may, on such trial, be admitted as evidence, to have such weight as the jury thinks they deserve.
KRS 394.270
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4863.