MATTER OF SOUTHMAYD


59 A.D.2d 956 (1977)

In the Matter of The Estate of Harold Southmayd, Deceased. Iola Douglas, as Administratrix of The Estate of Harold Southmayd, Deceased, et al., Respondents; Lynn Southmayd, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

November 3, 1977


On August 6, 1970, decedent mailed a check in the amount of $5,000 to the Burlington Savings Bank for the purpose of establishing a savings account in that bank. The money was a gift to decedent from appellant, his son, and in a note enclosed with the check decedent instructed the bank to "put money in Harold S. Southmayd or Lynn, Box 406, Ausable Forks, New York 12912". The bank thereupon deposited the money in an account set up in the names of decedent and appellant and...

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