General
In the Matter of the Application of Belle Brooks, Appellant, for an Order Compelling Delivery of Specific Personal Property to Her by the Executor under the Will of William B. Stewart, Deceased. Paul W. Stewart, Individually and as Executor, etc., of William B. Stewart, Deceased, Respondent
258 A.D. 1076·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·1940·NY
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Opinion
In the Matter of the Application of Belle Brooks, Appellant, for an Order Compelling Delivery of Specific Personal Property to Her by the Executor under the Will of William B. Stewart, Deceased. Paul W. Stewart, Individually and as Executor, etc., of William B. Stewart, Deceased, Respondent.
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Decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Orange County dismissing a petition under section 206-a, Surrogate’s Court Act, in a proceeding by appellant to obtain a certain bond in the deeedent’s'safe deposit box, on the theory it had been given her by decedent, unanimously affirmed, with costs to the respondent, payable out of the estate. No opinion. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Adel and Taylor, JJ.