American Oil Co. v. Falconer

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The main question involved in this appeal is whether a bank deposit, standing in the name of three persons as joint tenants with the right of survivorship and with the right of any one of them to draw checks on the account, may be taken in whole or in part on an attachment execution issued on a judgment obtained against one of the depositors.

The plaintiff, American Oil Company, having recovered a judgment against William Falconer, issued an attachment execution and summoned the National Bank of America in Pittsburgh as garnishee. In reply to interrogatories, the bank…