MATTER OF LOCKWOOD


234 A.D.2d 782 (1996)

651 N.Y.S.2d 224

In the Matter of The Estate of Helen P. Lockwood, Deceased. Charles O. Lockwood, Respondent; George F. Lechelt, Appellant

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

December 12, 1996


Casey, J.

Respondent appeals from an order of Surrogate's Court granting petitioner's motion for summary judgment disallowing respondent's claim against two bank accounts in decedent's name. According to respondent, two days before decedent's death, she gave him two bank books along with signed withdrawal slips and told him to cash them after her funeral. A week after the funeral, however, he claims that the documents were taken away from him by one of...

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