Ries v. Ries's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Kephart,

This is an appeal in an interpleader proceeding to determine the ownership of a savings bank deposit of approximately $3,500 in the name of Anna M. Bies, who was 87 years of age at the time of her death. Mary Bies, her daughter, claimed the fund as a gift. The other children, through the executors of the estate, resist the claim. The mother and daughter lived together harmoniously for many years after the other members of the family had married. She took care of her mother for at least twenty years. There was considerable feeling among decedent’s children.…