Seng v. Corns

T. G. FUTCH, Circuit Judge.

In 1934 Mathilda A. Seng and Helen S. Corns created a joint bank account in the Wilmette State Bank, Wilmette, Illinois. The record in this appeal from the county judge’s court gives no history of the account from the day it was established until it was closed. On September 18, 1948, Mrs. Seng died intestate. On September 25, 1948, letters testamentary were issued to James T. Seng, as executor, by the county judge for this county. On October 2, 1948, Mrs. Corns, as survivor, had the balance in the joint account transferred to her personal account, and the joint…