§ 1101. Petition for production of tenant for life. A person entitled
to claim real property after the death of another who has a prior estate
therein may, not oftener than once in each calendar year, apply by
petition to the supreme court, at a special term thereof, held within
the judicial district wherein the property or a part thereof is
situated, for an order directing the production of the tenant for life,
as prescribed in this article, by a person, named in the petition,
against whom an action of ejectment to recover the real property can be
maintained, if the tenant for life is dead or, where there is no such
person, by the guardian, husband, trustee, or other person, who has, or
is entitled to, the custody of the person of the tenant for life, or the
care of his estate.