Williams v. Brooklyn Savings Bank
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Owen Williams, from a judgment of the. Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 24th day of January, 1900, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, adjudging that the defendant, the Brooklyn Savings Bank, pay to the defendant administrators the money standing to the credit of the account in suit in this action.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
On May Y, 1894, William Williams deposited $2,Y00 in the Brooklyn Savings Bank in these terms, “ William Williams, in trust for Owen Williams,” and died in March, 1896, leaving this account-open. Owen Williams sued to establish, the trust, and appeals here from a judgment of the Special Term directing the defendant, the Brooklyn Savings Bank, to pay to the administrators of William Williams, deceased, the money to the credit of the account.
The precedents are clear and cogent that this language of deposit was a plain declaration of trust in favor "of' Ow.en Williams. (Martin v. Funk,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Beaver v. . BeaverNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
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