McDonald v. Robertson

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

The question is whether the appellant, Hugh J. McDonald, or appellee Charles R. Robertson, special administrator of the estate of Ellen McDonald, deceased, is the owner of a deposit of $29,535.62 in the First National Bank of Detroit, ’ Michigan, in liquidation, of which appellee B. C. Schram is receiver. The lower court found for appellee Robertson.

Between September 4, 1882, and October, 1898, appellant, Hugh J. McDonald, deposited in a savings account in the Peoples Savings Bank, Detroit, Michigan, predecessor of the First National Bank, various sums aggregating…