George Sliman Co. v. Hemperly

On the Merits.

The sole remaining question in the case is whether or not the amount of $490.01 on deposit in the City Savings Bank & Trust Company in the name of R. T. Hem-perly belonged to him or to his son, R. F. Hemperly. For the sake of brevity, we will call the third opponent the son and the principal defendant the father.

On August 1, 1935, the son sent his father a check for $525, drawn by the son on a Shreveport bank, which check was payable to the order of the father. At the time the son was the treasurer of the TriState Transit Company of Shreveport. The father was operating a small…