In re the Estate of Richardson

Thomas, S.

Section 2707, Code of Civil Procedure, as enacted in' 1880 and amended in 1893, and as it now stands, authorizes an examination of a person who has knowledge or information concerning money or other personal property, which should be delivered to an executor or administrator, or included in an inventory or appraisal, and who refuses to impart such knowledge or information, or to disclose any other fact which will aid such executor or administrator in making discovery of such property, so that it cannot be inventoried or appraised. The remedy is not confined to a proceeding against a…