Nevil v. Bank of Whitehouse

C. W. Nevil is the administrator of Mrs. Durrett, who died intestate October 6, 1926, aged seventy-eight years, leaving a valuable estate. She was survived by her aged husband, who was likewise the owner of a good estate. They never had any children. Mrs. Durrett for some years had kept money on deposit in the Bank of White-house, for which interest-bearing certificates of deposit were issued to her. These, it is conceded, were negotiable.

On March 29, 1926-, Mrs. Durrett deposited $1000 in said Bank, for which a certificate was issued payable to her order in six months, with four per cent…