Bloom v. Bear

OPINION

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This is a mandamus proceeding. We granted leave to file to determine the issue of whether respondent should be directed to sign an order commanding the delivery of personal property to the independent executor named in the will. The property in dispute belongs to a decedent and is being held by a devisee under the will. The writ is conditionally granted.

Harris Lieberman and Sandra Bloom Lieberman, husband and wife, died simultaneously in a helicopter crash on July 5, 1981. The decedents both left wills disposing of their property. Generally speaking, Mrs. Lieberman’s…