In re the Estate of Ginsburg

Joseph A. Cox, S.

This opinion is concerned with two proceedings. One, which is an application to compel the executor to deliver personal property, is met with a claim that the property has passed to the executor as a specific legatee pursuant to the terms of the will. The second proceeding, instituted by the executor, is to construe the will.

Ronald Ginsburg, the nephew of the decedent, was the beneficiary of certain Totten Trust bank accounts, some insurance policies and United States bonds payable on death to him or payable to him as surviving joint tenant. The nephew makes this application…