Carnevalino Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen,

In this proceeding, Ernest L. Carnevalino, executor of the estate of Francesco Carnevalino, deceased, seeks to recover as an asset for said decedent’s estate a certain bond and mortgage presently in the possession of and claimed by Lucia Carnevalino, the decedent’s surviving spouse, as her property as surviving tenant by the entirety.

From the pleadings, it is admitted that the decedent purchased (in his name only) a property in 1922, prior to his marriage. In 1965, the property was conveyed to Frank DiFabrizio, who, in partial payment, executed a bond and mortgage…