In re Seidel
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Decree unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Petitioner, executor of the estate of his mother, Bessie Seidel, appeals from a determination by the *880Surrogate that the proceeds of two bank accounts should be included in the estate. The signature cards on both accounts contained only the designation "Bessie S. Seidel or Henry S. Seidel” and contained no words of survivorship and no recital that the accounts were joint accounts. Thus the presumption of joint tenancy in section 675 of the Banking Law does not apply (see, Matter of Hollweg, 67 AD2d 1001; Matter of Rider, 16 AD2d 1014).…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In re the Estate of CamardaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Lombardi v. First National BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965
- In re the Estate of HollwegAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- In re the Estate of RiderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
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- In re the Estate of MagacsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
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