Case Name: In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament and Codicil Thereto of William Chafer, Deceased; Mary Belle Chafer, Appellant, v. Roy F. Chafer and Others, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1932-01
Citations: 235 A.D. 659
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament and Codicil Thereto of William Chafer, Deceased; Mary Belle Chafer, Appellant, v. Roy F. Chafer and Others, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 235
Pages: 659–659

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament and Codicil Thereto of William Chafer, Deceased; Mary Belle Chafer, Appellant, v. Roy F. Chafer and Others, Respondents.

Opinion:
Decree so far as appealed from reversed on the law, with costs to the appeEant, payable out of the estate and matter remitted to the Surrogate's Court for further proceedings on the ground that the law does not authorize a guardian to institute a discovery proceeding under the circumstances shown in this record (Surr. Ct. Act, § 205)* and that the record discloses nothing which authorized the surrogate to require the executor to give a bond. (Surr. Ct. Act, § 94-97.) AE concur. Present — Sears, P. J., Crouch, Taylor, Edgcomb and Crosby, JJ.