Security-First National Bank v. Stack

Plaintiff, Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, hereinafter referred to as the bank, as executor of the will of Bernard B. Stack, deceased, commenced this action to recover from Mary A. Stack, widow of deceased, certain securities which, prior to the death of decedent, had been kept in a safe deposit box to which both decedent and his wife had access. The widow of deceased, hereinafter referred to as defendant, asserted title to the securities in herself as a surviving joint tenant by virtue of the fact that the securities had been purchased with funds drawn from joint bank accounts…