Guerrero v. Capitol Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

These appeals arise out of a controversy over the ownership of an account in the Capitol Federal Savings and Loan Association of Topeka. The account was held in the name of Cresencio Barajas or Mrs. Jasefa Barajas, “either or the survivor.” The account totalled $28,404.20 and represented the life savings of Cresencio Barajas who died on the 24th day of February, 1964, at Topeka, Kansas. He left no surviving children. He married Francisca Vasquez de Barajas in Mexico and brought her to Topeka in 1920. They lived together until 1925 or 1926…