Balling v. Manhattan Savings Bank & Trust Co.

The question presented in'this case is whether, upon thq facts alleged in the bill, a valid gift inter vivos was made of a sum of money, amounting to $586.54, from one George Volmer to the complainant, Rosina Balling. The chancellor sustained a demurrer interposed by the defendant, and dismissed complainant’s bill.

The material allegations of the bill are that on the twelfth day of May, 1890, the said George Yolmer opened an account with the defendant, Manhattan Savings Bank & Trust Company, which delivered to the *291said Volmer a deposit book giving Mm credit for the amount deposited on that…