Estate of Michaels

The facts of this case make it unique among the many joint bank account cases which have come before this court.

The account was originally opened in the State Bank of Newburg on September 8, 1942, in the names of Walter Michaels or Helen Michaels with a deposit of $500. The record does not disclose the source of this $500 deposit. At- that time there were two Walter Michaels. One was the husband of Helen and the other the sixteen-year old son of Walter, Sr., and his wife, Helen. Walter, Sr., and Helen resided and operated a tavern in the unincorporated village of Waubeka in Ozaukee county…