Manning v. United States National Bank

The pleadings sufficiently disclose a justiciable controversy and the issues thus raised will become clear from a review of the evidence. Prior to April 29, 1939, Edward D. Hendricks was the sole owner of four certificates of the common capital stock of the United States National Bank of Portland, totaling one hundred shares. Concerning a conversation with her husband which took place a few days prior to that date, Mrs. Hendricks testified as follows:

“A. Well, he told me that he was going to have that one hundred shares put in my name, also, because after his death I would have something to…