Steinhauser v. Repko

This case involves the ownership of money in a safe deposit box leased to the decedent and another under a lease agreement purporting to give both parties to the agreement joint and survivorship rights in the contents.

The decedent, John Repko, died- intestate, August 28, 1968. On September 22, 1958, he and his daughter-in-law *44Mildred L. Repko, entered into an agreement of lease of a safe deposit bos with the Lowellviiie Savings and Banking Company. Both the decedent and Mrs. Repko signed the printed lease form as “joint tenants with right of survivorship.” No officer of the bank signed the…