Mears v. Bechtel

GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

In the first appearance of this case before our court we reversed the judgment below and held that certain bearer bonds which were located in a jointly-owned safety deposit box on the date of the decedent’s death should be included in the inventory of the assets of the estate. Bechtel v. Estate of Bechtel, 330 So.2d 217 (Fla.2d DCA 1976). Upon remand the successful appellant filed a petition for production of estate assets pursuant to the opinion of this court which had ruled that “. . . the bonds in question were owned by the decedent. . ” Believing himself to be…