Bath Savings Institution v. Hathorn
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Bill in equity, heard on bill, answers and proof. This was a bill of interpleader brought by the Bath Savings Institution against the defendant, Hathorn, as administrator of the estate of Henry Walker, deceased, and against Alice B. Files, to determine the title to a certain deposit in that institution.
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On report. Bill in equity, heard on bill, answers and proof. This was a bill of interpleader brought by the Bath Savings Institution against the defendant, Hathorn, as administrator of the estate of Henry Walker, deceased, and against Alice B. Files, to determine the title to a certain deposit in that institution. The course of procedure adopted by agreement between all parties was this : Each defendant filed an answer and then by agreement a decree of interpleader was filed, and by further agreement it was stipulated that the answers should be taken as the pleadings in the case and the cause…
1Opinion of the CourtHaskell, J.
Henry Walker of Woolwich, died solvent and intestate October 2, 1891, leaving brothers and sisters and nephews and nieces, but neither wife nor children. His wife died January 1, 1886. She was a cousin to the father of the plaintiff, Alice B. Files of Winslow, who knew the old people as uncle and aunt and seems to have been always welcome at their house and a favorite with them.
On July 1, 1882, Mr. Walker deposited in the Bath Savings Institution $700, " in trust for Alice B. Files,” saying, in substance, that he wished it to go to her at his decease. That deposit remained intact during Mr.…
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