Schirmann v. Riley

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURKE

delivered the opinion of the court:

The executrix of the estate of Joseph P. Kloss, deceased, filed an amended petition for the determination of the title to $6,400 in cash found in a safe deposit box leased by decedent and the respondent, Marie Riley, as joint tenants. The trial court found that the funds belonged solely to the decedent and ordered that they be delivered to the executrix of his estate, from which order respondent appeals.

The respondent and the decedent were brother-in-law and sister-in-law, the decedent having been married to respondent’s sister,…