Inda v. Inda

This is an action originally brought by the widow individually and as administratrix of her husband, to recover for his estate, among other things, moneys in two savings banks. The theory of the plaintiff’s case is that such deposits constituted illusory transfers which were ineffective to deprive plaintiff of her expectant estate as widow and distributee in the estate of her husband under the applicable provisions of the Decedent Estate Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 13).

Plaintiff and Albert Inda were married February 12, 1890. Albert Inda died February 9, 1940, intestate, leaving him surviving…