Zellner's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

For many years Louis Zellner had a savings account in the White Haven Savings Bank. On December 6, 1929, at his direction, the bank placed the account in the name of “Louis Zellner or Teresa Piro,” his daughter. Zellner died intestate on September 9, 1931, and two days later Mrs. Piro withdrew the entire amount then standing on deposit in the account, $18,434.81. Subsequently letters of administration upon her father’s estate were granted to her. When she filed her account as administratrix, her brother, Francis Zellner, the decedent’s only other heir, filed…