Legal Opinion
In Re the Estate of Beck
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 1984PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
The issue on this appeal is whether decedent, who died intestate with no known heirs, by withdrawal of funds revoked a Totten trust (see Matter of Totten, 179 NY 112). Decedent on November 20, 1969, created the trust by opening a savings account in his name in trust for Camp-hill Village, U.S.A., Inc., a farm community for mentally handicapped adults where he lived and worked from 1963 until his death on July 17,1981. By letter dated November 29,1973, he informed Camphill of the account, and that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of TottenNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Hessen v. McKinleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Silk v. SilkNew York Supreme Court · 1937
- Hessen v. . McKinleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- In re the Estate of StitesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
3Cited by5 opinions
- In re BobeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- In re BersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- In re the Estate of JergensenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Inovlotska v. Greenpoint BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- Eredics v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002