Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Rushak

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided March 22, 1966Published

1Opinion of the Court

Laurence D. Wood, S.

On December 3,1959 Paraska Rushak, also known as Pearl Rushak, had for a number of years been *559the sole owner of an interest account in the First Trust & Deposit Company, G-eddes Street Branch, Syracuse, New York, said account standing in her name alone. On or about that date the names of her two sons, John Bushak and Stephen Bushak were added to the bank’s records as joint owners of the said account and all three signatures were affixed to the bank’s signature card with the usual notation that this was a joint account, that either party could draw on it, and that on the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of McKelwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
  2. Loker v. EdmansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
  3. In re the Estate of CotterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936

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