In re the Estate of Hager

Foley, S.

This is an application brought pursuant to sec-

tion 206-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act to compel the administratrix of the estate to turn over to the petitioner eight United States Savings Bonds, series E, each of the face value of fifty dollars, alleged to be in her possession. On the return day of the citation the respondent administratrix appeared and filed an answer claiming that the bonds were delivered to her in payment of an indebtedness due her from the decedent and asserting ownership to them. The petitioner thereupon moved to dismiss the answer as insufficient in law. The…