Paddock

Paddock v. Anglo-California Trust Co.

Good Law
107 Cal. App. 430·1930 Cal. App. LEXIS 374·290 P. 550
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 28, 1930Docket No. 6970.California1,312 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Nourse, J.

Plaintiff sued as the administrator of the estate of May Plowe to recover money deposited with defendant by deceased. Plaintiff had judgment for1 $3,949.27, and the defendant appeals on a bill of exceptions.

The complaint contained the allegation that at the time of her death on June 22, 1923, May Howe was a depositor with the defendant, having a balance of $3,340.52 in the savings account, $559.47 in the Liberty bond account and one fifty-dollar 4½ Liberty bond. The appointment and qualification of her administrator were then set forth, followed by the allegation that the administrator had not withdrawn any portion of said accounts or the Liberty bond, and that demand was made upon the bank for payment, which was refused. The answer was a simple denial that the deceased had on deposit at the time stated any balance in either of said accounts or any Liberty bond.

The cause was tried wholly upon a written agreed statement of facts, and the trial court found in accordance with such statement. The cause was tried and is presented on this appeal without any distinction being made among the three separate accounts, the entire sum sued for being treated as a savings bank deposit as…

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