Lambert, Admr. v. Lambert

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Probate Court of Montgomery County. The action was one for a declaratory judgment to determine whether United States bonds, owned by the decedent, Jeanette Cohen, should be distributed under the provisions of Section 10503-5, General Code, commonly known as the half-and-half statute, or whether such bonds should escheat to the state of Ohio as provided in Section 10503-4, General Code.

The factual development is as follows: Edward G. Cohen and Jeanette Cohen, husband and wife, as co- owners acquired 27 United States war savings…