In re the Probate of the Will of Lachman

S. Samuel Di Falco, S. In this contested probate proceeding a motion has been made for the examination of hospital records which relate to decedent’s hospitalization at the Bloomingdale Division of New York Hospital during the period of July and August, 1954. In such proceedings this court has long favored and granted broad examinations. (Matter of Putnam, 257 N. Y. 140; Matter of Reynolds, 166 Misc. 446, 447; Matter of Young, 268 App. Div. 883.)

In the case at bar objection has been raised to such examination on the ground that the hospital whose records are sought to be examined is not a…