In re the Proceedings to Compel Delivery of Personal Property, Alleged to Be Held by the Estate of Hickmott
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Decree affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: Involved in this case is the nature of a deposit in the Canandaigua *1048National Bank and Trust Company, a domestic corporation organized under the laws of the United States, which at the time of the decedent’s death on December 7, 1936, stood in the ñames of the decedent and the appellant “ as joint tenants, payable to either or the survivor.” We are of the opinion that the Banking Law of the State applies to deposits in such a banking corporation (Banking Law, § 2), and the applicable sections of the Banking Law as it existed at the time of the death of…
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