Bowditch v. Michigan Trust Co.

Plaintiffs are husband and wife and had a general deposit in the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Grand Rapids, payable to either or the survivor, and also a certificate of deposit payable to either or survivor.

Mr. Bowditch was a partner in the bank. Plaintiffs presented a claim for such deposits and the assignee gave notice of contest on the ground that Joseph H. Bowditch was a partner in the bank. The circuit judge found plaintiffs to be joint tenants of the sum of $12,839.19, the amount of the deposits, determined the interest of Mr. Bowditch in the joint deposits to be subject to the claims of…