In Re the Accounting of Van Volkenburgh

Respondent, the widow of Thomas S. Van Volkenburgh, was appointed administratrix of his estate and she filed her account. Appellant, who is the daughter of decedent by a former marriage and his sole heir and next of kin, obtained an order pursuant to section 263 of the Surrogate’s Court Act whereby the administratrix was directed to appear before the surrogate for examination. By virtue of that order, the administratrix was examined at length in respect to her personal possession of many bonds and certificates of stock over which she asserted individual ownership and the circumstances under…