Baker v. Cox

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff calls upon us to determine the validity of a tentative or “Totten” trust in North Carolina. In jurisdictions which recognized them, tentative trusts are created when a deposit is made by the depositor in his own name in trust for another. See In re Totten, 179 N.Y. 112, 71 N.E. 748 (1904). The parties to this action cite Wescott v. Bank, 227 N.C. 39, 40 S.E. 2d 461 (1946); Ridge v. Bright, 244 N.C. 345, 93 S.E. 2d 607 (1956); Sinclair v. Travis, 231 N.C. 345, 57 S.E. 2d 394 (1950); Kyle v. Groce, 50 N.C. App. 204, 272 S.E. 2d 609 (1980); Baxter v. Jones, 14 N.C.…