Merigan v. McGonigle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 104, Jan. T., 1902, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Pbila. Co., Dec. T., 1900, No. 256, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary A. Merigan v. John McGonigle, Executor of Mary Fitzgerald, Deceased. Assumpsit to determine the ownership of a deposit in a savings bank.
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Appeal, No. 104, Jan. T., 1902, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Pbila. Co., Dec. T., 1900, No. 256, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary A. Merigan v. John McGonigle, Executor of Mary Fitzgerald, Deceased. Assumpsit to determine the ownership of a deposit in a savings bank. Before Bettler, J. At the trial it appeared that Mary Fitzgerald, a widow, aged about sixty years, in August, 1889, opened an account with the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, in her own name, by depositing the sum of $300 in cash. On December 13, 1889, she also opened an account with the same saving fund…
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Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mestbezat,
In August, 1889, Mary Fitzgerald, a widow, opened an account in her own name with the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society and deposited $300. On December 12, 1889, she deposited alike sum with the society in the name of “ Mary Fitzgerald, in trust for Mary Agnes Fitzgerald.” Annually thereafter up to 1897, except the year 1891, Mrs. Fitzgerald deposited at the same time a similar amount to the credit of each account. The annual interest of the deposits was added to the accounts. A rule of the society limits the deposits of any person during one year to $300. When…
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