Gray v. Watters

The facts are not in dispute. Nor, for that matter, is the law uncertain. The problem here is to determine the applicable law and to draw the correct conclusion from the undisputed facts.

Lizzie Me Cune, unmarried and without close relatives, died intestate June 29, 1949. Plaintiff, J. Y. Gray, was appointed administrator July 11. Defendant Henry County Savings Bank had previously issued her two certificates of deposit, one for $1000 on September 15, 1948, the other for $1509.10, dated December 11, 1948. It is conceded both represented deposits of decedent’s own money.

Some four years prior to…