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MATTER OF BECK

63 N.Y.2d 1026 (1984)

In the Matter of The Estate of Herbert Beck, Deceased. Anna M. Twaddle, as Administratrix of The Estate of Herbert Beck, Deceased, et al., Respondents; Camphill Village, U.S.A., Inc., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertram H. Siegeltuch for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Vernon Stuart and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for State of New York, respondent.

Victor M. Meyers for Anna M. Twaddle, as administratrix of the estate of Herbert Beck, deceased, respondent, precluded.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.

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 N.Y. 112). Decedent on November 20, 1969, created the trust by opening a savings account in his name in trust for Camphill Village, U.S.A., Inc., a farm community for mentally...

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