In re the Estate of Sachs

Joseph A. Cox, S.

In this application brought pursuant to section 206-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act, the petitioner as an alleged surviving partner of the deceased, seeks the turnover of partnership assets stated to have been received by the decedent. Respondent’s motion to dismiss the proceeding must he granted. The jurisdiction conferred by the discovery sections of the Surrogate’s Court Act has been recently discussed in Matter of Trevor (309 N. Y. 389). As there pointed out, this court has no jurisdiction in such proceedings over actions at law for the recovery of common debts or to…