In re the Estate of Stites

Slater, S.

This opinion has to do with the rejected claim of Anna Stites Conover. The parties have stipulated as to the facts. It appears that the decedent opened an account in the Westchester Trust Company in her name in trust for Anna Stites Conover, her niece and the claimant herein. Subsequent to this time and in July, 1934, the Westchester Trust Company was taken over by the Superintendent of Banks for the purpose of liquidation. At the time of the taking over of the bank for liquidation, the balance in the trust account was the sum of $2,139.63. The decedent died January 8, 1935, at…