Legal Opinion

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

Decided March 22, 1939PublishedCited by 3 opinions

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…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kelly v. . BeersNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
  2. Clary v. FitzgeraldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
  3. Clary v. . FitzgeraldNew York Court of Appeals · 1915

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Ebert v. RitcheyCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1983
  2. In re RileyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
  3. Tiedemann v. TiedemannNew York Supreme Court · 1956

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