McElroy v. Albany Savings Bank
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts, pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
James C. Bell, deceased, made the following deposits in the Albany Savings Bank : April 3,1891, §2,000 ; June 21,1891, §500; February 1, 1892, §500.
The entry in the pass book which he received from the bank, relating to said deposits, was as follows: “Albany Savings Bank in account with Mrs. Alida P. Bell, or James C. Bell, her husband, or the survivor of them.”
James C. Bell died on the 9th day of March, 1895, leaving a last will and testament, and the plaintiffs, named therein as executor and executrix, afterwards duly qualified as such. Alida P. Bell died intestate on the 2d day…
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