Bailenson Estate

Burke, J.,

This case is before the court en banc on petition and preliminary objections.

Decedent died on February 23, 1959, five days after having opened a joint savings account on February 18, 1959, at Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank under the caption “Mrs. Lena Beck or Mrs. Rose Nickles, her sister.” The original deposit was $10,252.67 which was provided from the closing of another account at the same institution which was titled: “Mrs. Lena Beck (decedent) in trust for Miss Eleanor Bailenson (now Eleanor Bailenson Heller) ”, decedent’s daughter and present petitioner. The latter account had…