In re Riley

This is a discovery proceeding by the administrator of the estate of Catherine E. Riley. The question involves the ownership of some $1,234.39 which was withdrawn from a joint savings account in the Manufacturers National Bank of Troy by respondent Guerdon a few days after death of decedent. The funds involved were in a joint account payable to deceased, or respondent, or survivor.

The account, however, although opened in 1920 and added to periodically since that time, was solely the property of deceased and was in her name alone until June 19, 1940, when it was closed by withdrawal and…