In re the Estate of Gallagher

Slater, S.

This is a discovery proceeding brought by the executors to secure certain personal property now in the possession of Barbara Albrecht. Mrs. Albrecht denies she ever had possession of the $100 and claims she has title to and right to possession of the $2,000 by virtue of a contract.

This court has the authority to make a decree directing payment to the executors of the estate, if the court finds that the property belonged to the estate. (Matter of Akin, 248 N. Y. 202; Matter of Wilson, 252 id. 155.)

The decedent was an old lady of about eighty years, a member of an old Mount Vernon…