Tucker v. Colburn

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Orange Superior Court ordering the defendant Merchants Bank to deliver the proceeds of a savings account to the defendant Colburn.

In September 1973, Alyce R. Tucker and her daughter, Madeliene Colburn, opened an account at the defendant Bank’s office in Barre, Vermont, in the name of “Alyce R. Tucker or Madeliene Colburn.” All of the funds deposited in the account came from Mrs. Tucker. When the account was opened Mrs. Tucker signed the front of the signature card and Madeliene Colburn, pursuant to her mother’s direction, printed her…