In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Totten
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Emile R. Lattan from a decree, of the Surrogate’s ■ Court of the county of Kings, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 9th day of August, 1902, confirming the report of a referee appointed in the proceeding, rejecting the appellant’s claim.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The decedent, Fanny A. Lattan, died intestate on March 19,1900. Her net personal estate amounts to over $10,000, and a controversy *369has arisen upon the judicial settlement of the administrator’s accounts over a claim made by- her nephew Emile R. Lattan to the proceeds of two savings bank accounts deposited by the deceased in her own name as trustee for him and drawn out by her in her lifetime.
In the year 1884, and prior to the opening of the accounts in question, the claimant’s father turned over to the deceased, who.was his sister, and to another sister in conjunction with her,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Beaver v. . BeaverNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Cunningham v. . DavenportNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Willis v. . SmythNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Scott v. HarbeckNew York Supreme Court · 1888
- Jenkins v. BakerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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- O'Brien v. Williamsburg Savings BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905