In re the Estate of Ebersohn

OPINION OF THE COURT

Marie M. Lambert, S.

In this reverse discovery proceeding, pursuant to SCPA 2105, the petitioners have sought to compel the preliminary executor to turn over the proceeds of each of two United States book-entry Treasury Bills. It must be noted at the outset that only one half of the proceeds is actually in dispute since the estate claims the Treasury Bills were owned in common, thus admitting that petitioners were entitled to one half of the proceeds. After a hearing and the submission of papers, the facts are clear.

*751On September 12, 1985 decedent purchased these two…