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In the Matter of the Estate of Michael Sanita, Deceased. James J. Frawley, Public Administrator, as Administrator, Appellant; Maria La Guardia, Respondent.
    (Submitted March 3, 1927;
    decided March 29, 1927.)
    
      Decedent’s estate — discovery — gift — discovery proceedings brought by administrator — sufficiency of evidence to show gift causa, mortis.
    
    
      Matter of Sanita, 219 App. Div. 178, affirmed.
    Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 3, 1926, which reversed an order of the New York County Surrogate’s Court, made in a discovery proceeding, directing the respondent herein to turn over certain bank books in her possession to the administrator of Michael Sanita, deceased, adjudged that the same were her property and directed a dismissal of the proceeding. The Appellate Division held that the evidence was sufficient to show a gift causa mortis.
    
    
      N. Joseph Slicklen for appellant.
    
      John F. Collins and John A. Leddy for respondent.
   Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Crane, Andrews Lehman, Kellogg and O’Brien, JJ.