Maderios v. Savino

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of a justice of the Superior Court, sitting without a jury, in which he held the defendant liable to the plaintiff as payee on a promissory note.

The facts are not in substantial dispute. Prior to the date of the transaction in issue, plaintiff and William T. Beaupre, who is now deceased, were joint owners of a savings account at Industrial National Bank. Although Beaupre had provided all of the funds for the account from the sale of a restaurant, plaintiff held the passbook to the account in her possession.

Desiring to obtain…