Stevens v. Peoples Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monroe District Court. — Seneca Cornell, Judge. Controversy over the ownership of certain bank deposits, which were represented by passbooks. The deposits in question were made in his lifetime by Grant Buckner, now deceased. The plaintiff is his administratrix, and as such, claims the amount of the deposits. The controversy involves separate deposits in two banks.
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Appeal from Monroe District Court. — Seneca Cornell, Judge. Controversy over the ownership of certain bank deposits, which were represented by passbooks. The deposits in question were made in his lifetime by Grant Buckner, now deceased. The plaintiff is his administratrix, and as such, claims the amount of the deposits. The controversy involves separate deposits in two banks. The plaintiff brought a separate action against each bank, and in each case joined Marie Buckner as a defendant, she being in actual possession of the bank passbooks, and claiming to be the owner thereof and of the…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
Prior to September, 1916, Grant Buckner had been a resident of Monroe County for 18 years. During that period of time, he had been in the continuous employment of the Monroe Hotel as its cook. He made his *621home at the hotel. During that period of time, he was not the head of a family. He had been married, but his wife had been divorced from him, and had obtained the custody of their only child, a daughter. He was a colored man. He had formerly lived at Oskaloosa. He had a sister resident there. Shortly prior to September, 1916, he became afflicted with an ailment which proved to be quick…
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