Danzinger v. Seamen's Bank for Savings

The plaintiff sues to establish her right to a certain deposit made by her brother, Max'Dan-zinger, in the Seamen’s Bank for Savings. The account stood in the brother’s name, and he did not comply with the by-laws and rules of the defendant bank prescribing the manner in which a transfer of the *318account might effectively be made inter vivos. The plaintiff therefore relies on the theory that her brother made a gift causa mortis of this deposit to her. The facts of the case do not show the presence of the essential elements of a gift causa mortis, and I direct judgment for the defendant.

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