Truax v. Southwestern College

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

This is a suit by the executors of the estate of Lena H. Flogan, deceased, to determine the ownership of four savings accounts created by the decedent in her lifetime. Defendants in the case are the savings and loan association (whose role in the action is that of stakeholder only) and church or church-related institutions, each of which claims the proceeds of an account by reason of having been named as a payee upon the death of Mrs. Hogan. Trial to the court resulted in judgment for the executors and the church groups have appealed.

The…