Laing v. Durand

Backes, V. C.

This litigation involves the ownership of a bank deposit of $783.05, which the complainant claims by a gift inter vivos. The fund is on deposit in the “Special Interest Department” or savings account of the Asburv -Park and Ocean Grove Bank, in the name of “E. Laing or Sarah Emily Laing.” The rules and regulations for depositing and withdrawing moneys are printed in the pass-book, the sixth one of which reads: “No deposit can be received or payment made under any pretence whatever, unless the depositor produces either -liis or her book at the counter of the bank.” There seems to…