Walker v. Portland Savings Bank
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This is an action on the case by plaintiff as administrator de bonis non of Emma S. Schoppee, deceased, to recover one thousand dollars claimed to have been paid by the defendant to one Arthur G. Eaton and charged against the deposit of said Schoppee. Plea, general issue and brief statement.
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On report. This is an action on the case by plaintiff as administrator de bonis non of Emma S. Schoppee, deceased, to recover one thousand dollars claimed to have been paid by the defendant to one Arthur G. Eaton and charged against the deposit of said Schoppee. Plea, general issue and brief statement. At the January term of Supreme Judicial Court, 1914, this case was reportéd by agreement of parties to the Law Court for determination of the rights of the parties upon writ, plea and agreed statement of facts. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
The administrator de bonis non of Emma S. Schoppee, deceased, brings this action of the case against the defendant bank for the recovery of one thousand dollars alleged to have been paid by it to one Arthur G. Eaton and charged against the deposit of said Emma S. Schoppee. The action is here upon report upon the agreed statement of the parties.
Upon the facts agreed, it is manifest that the defendant made the payment or transfer under such circumstances as to render it liable to the depositor herself, had she been alive at the time of payment. Ladd v. Savings Bank, 96 Maine, 510, 518;…
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