Legal Opinion

Tierney v. Fitzpatrick

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 6, 1907PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Frank L. Tierney, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the' defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 24th day of November, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of November,-1906, denying.the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Scott, J.:

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered upon a verdict in favor of the defendant. The case presented is one of a so-called “ Savings Bank trust,” and arises upon the following facts: On

February 25,1898, Launcelot J. Tierney, the father of plaintiff, had a deposit account in the Broadway Savings Institution, which then amounted to $3,060, being $60 in excess of the amount permitted to be deposited in one account. (Laws of 1892, chap. 689, § 113.) The secretary of the bank thereupon advised him to open an account for his wife, or in trust for one of his children, so as to reduce…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re the Accounting of TottenNew York Court of Appeals · 1904

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hessen v. McKinleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
  2. Moran v. FerchlandNew York Supreme Court · 1920
  3. In Re Estate of PetraliaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1964
  4. Murray v. Brooklyn Savings BankNew York Supreme Court · 1939
  5. In re the Estate of AndersonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1954

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