Wechsler v. Zen

Secondo Troietto died and left a joint bank account with the right of survivorship, in the National Bank of Detroit. 1

Savings account No. 20761 was opened at the National Bank of Detroit, Gratiot and Empelle branch, on March 21,1949, in the names of Secondo Troietto and Agostino Zen, payable to either, or the survivor of them. At the time of the death of Secondo Troietto, the balance in the account was $10,453.67.

Troietto had lived at the Zen household from 1944 until his death in 1961. The parties were not related and it was admitted that Troietto had always paid for his room and board; Zen…