In re the Accounting of Maxwell

Maximilian Moss, S. In this accounting proceeding, the executrix seeks a construction of article “ Second ” of the will to determine whether a certain “ Totten Trust ” referred to therein was revoked, and the validity of the election filed by the widow.

By article “ second ” the testator bequeathed to two named children all sums of money standing in his name in the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, where he maintained a Totten Trust account for the benefit of one of the children named in the said article.

A tentative trust of a savings bank deposit may be revoked by the will of a depositor, and it…