Meriden Savings Bank v. McCormack
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action of interpleader to determine the respective rights of the defendants in and to a hank deposit held by the plaintiff, brought to the City Court of Meriden and thence, by appeal of the defendant Waldron, administrator, to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the court, Case, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of Elizabeth A. McCormack, and appeal by the defendant Waldron, administrator, from the refusal of the trial court to allow the issues…
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Action of interpleader to determine the respective rights of the defendants in and to a hank deposit held by the plaintiff, brought to the City Court of Meriden and thence, by appeal of the defendant Waldron, administrator, to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the court, Case, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of Elizabeth A. McCormack, and appeal by the defendant Waldron, administrator, from the refusal of the trial court to allow the issues raised by the respective claimants to be tried to the jury.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
One Mary L. Butler during her life deposited with the plaintiff sums of money which at her decease amounted to $2,287.17. After her decease, July 4th, 1904, this deposit was claimed by the defendant Waldron as the administrator of her estate, and by the defendant Elizabeth McCormack as the donee of said depositor and the possessor of the bank-hook and an order payable to her signed by said depositor. The plaintiff thereupon brought this action of interpleader, making said two claimants defendants.
The defendant Waldron, administrator, feels aggrieved because the court struck from the jury…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Camp's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1869
- Guinan's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
- Union Trust Co. v. Stamford Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Seeley v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Blackwell v. Central Vermont Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
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