Scudder v. Trenton Saving Fund Society
New Jersey Court of Chancery
This is a bill filed to collect a sum of money which represents the principal and interest upon certain deposits made by William P. Sherman, then surrogate of the county of Mercer.
1Opinion of the Court
Reed, V. C.
Mr. Sherman, in the year 1851, while he was surrogate of Mercer county, made certain deposits in the bank of the Trenton Saving *155Fund Society, in the name of William P. Sherman, surrogate. The depositor died leaving a balance undrawn. The bank, on account of the official suffix to the depositor’s name, have felt that it was unsafe to pay the amount upon the check of the personal representative of the depositor; hence this bill by the present administrator de bonis non of the deceased depositor.
The bill seeks to have the deposit entry reformed by canceling the official addendum to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Boone v. Citizens' Savings BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Powell v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1864
- Eyerman v. Second National BankMissouri Court of Appeals · 1883
- Eyerman v. Second National BankSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- People, ex rel. Comter v. ReedNew York Supreme Court · 1848
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