Deal's Adm'r v. Merchants & Mechanics Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk. Decree in favor of contestant. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Harrison, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit was brought by the administrator of Martha S. Deal claiming a certain deposit, on savings account, in the Merchants and- Mechanics Savings Bank of Norfolk. The claim was contested by Ellen C. Holland, and the circuit *298court entered a decree in favor of the contestant, from which this appeal has been taken by the complainant.
The controversy arises out of the following facts: In January, 1912, Martha S. Deal sent for a friend and requested him to deposit her money in bank, saying that she did not expect to live long and that she wanted…
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- New York County National Bank v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Chippendale v. North Adams Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Wood v. American National BankSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
- Blick v. CockinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Pendleton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1909
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