Legal Opinion

Deist Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Somerset County

Decided November 3, 1950No. 68 of 1950Published

1Opinion of the Court

Lansberry, P. J.,

In this orphans’ court proceeding the facts are not in dispute nor are they complicated. From the pleadings and testi*146mony it appears that on or about January 22, 1948, Joseph M. Deist opened a savings account with the Peoples State Bank, Jennerstown, Pa., being account no. 2262. At that time he executed a signature card on which was typed his name, “Savings Account” and account number at two separate places and on which signature card was typed “In case of Death this account is payable to Annie Laurie Deist”; immediately beneath the quoted statement he placed his signature in…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Martin EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  2. Mardis, Administratrix v. SteenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  3. Turner v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
  4. Ford's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  5. Onofrey v. WolliverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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