Caruso v. Dry Dock Savings Institution

Two motions are before the court; one is made by the plaintiff for summary judgment, and the other, which is a cross-motion, is made by the defendant for similar relief. The action is one brought by the plaintiff to recover the amount of a savings bank account. The account was a joint account standing in the names of Tony Caruso, the plaintiff, or Mary Caruso, his daughter, or survivor. It seems that the plaintiff and his daughter quarrelled, and that when she left him she took the bank book with her. While apparently she is still in the city of New York, *868nevertheless, she is in hiding so far…