In re the Estate of Rugoff

John D. Bennett, S.

One of the coexecutors, Jesse Chinich, in a proceeding herein to compel his coexecutor and successor coexecutrix to render and settle their accounts, requests an examination pursuant to section 263 of the Surrogate’s Court Act, in which he seeks to inquire into certain corporations in which the decedent had substantial interests.

The decedent together with Mr. Becker, one of the co executors, were co-owners in a loose federation called the Bugoff-Becker Chain of Theatres. This chain of theatres consisted of various corporations in which the decedent usually owned 50%, the…