Benzon v. Johnson

Broady, District Judge.

The only question presented by this action is whether certain bank deposits, represented by time certificates of deposit, payable to either of the two persons named, belong solely to the survivor of the two or is the property of the estate of the deceased, who had made the original deposit.

Carl M. Johnson and Margaret E. Johnson were husband and wife and resided in Omaha. Johnson made several time desposits in four banks, for which he received from the respective banks the usual certificates of deposit, the payment obligation of each differed somewhat in their terms.…