Cox Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

This case came before the Orphans’ Court on petition by Marie J. Ward, an answer by the administrator of the Estate of Charles M. Cox, and a reply by Ward. The issue is the ownership of a savings account. The lower Court decided that Marie J. Ward was the sole owner of said account, with all rights of ownership including the privilege of withdrawal, and that the account was not an asset of the Estate of Charles M. Cox.

The basic facts are undisputed.

On August 17, 1956, decedent and petitioner opened savings account No. W 42883 in the Western Saving Fund Society…