In re the Estate of Puc

S. Samuel Di Falco, S.

The petitioner, alleging status as a creditor of the decedent, seeks an order compelling the administratrix to file her account (Surrogate’s Ct. Act, §§ 259, 211). The administratrix denied that the petitioner was a creditor or had any status to compel an accounting. The matter was placed upon the calendar for hearing, at which both sides offered evidence. It appears, without any dispute or any claim of surprise, that the alleged claim belonged to the petitioner’s deceased husband and that she is prosecuting it as his personal representative. The arguments advanced by…