Every surviving partner, on demand of the executor or administrator of a deceased partner, shall exhibit to such executor or administrator and the appraisers of the deceased partner’s estate the property belonging to the partnership at the time of the death of the deceased partner, for inventory and appraisement and shall furnish him or her a verified written statement of such property described in the manner required for inventory; and in case the administration thereof shall devolve upon such executor or administrator the said survivor shall surrender to such person, on demand, all of the property of such partnership, and shall afford him or her all reasonable information and facilities for the execution of his or her trust. Willful failure or neglect by the surviving partner thus to exhibit or surrender such property, on demand, shall constitute contempt of court.