Hallenbeck v. Hallenbeck
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Huldah B. Hallenbeck, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in fav.or of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 17th day of June, 1904, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Albany Trial Term, the jury having been discharged, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits.
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Huldah B. Hallenbeck, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in fav.or of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 17th day of June, 1904, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Albany Trial Term, the jury having been discharged, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits. The action was brought against Albert C. Hallenbeck, individually, Albert 0. Hallenbeck and William T. Beebe, as executors of the last will and testament of Huldah Van Aernam, deceased, and the Albany County Savings Bank, to…
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
For several years Huldah Van Aernam had had an account in the Albany County Savings Bank, and on the 7th- of October, 1897, she told the teller of the bank that she wanted the name of the plaintiff, her niece, added to her passbook so that either of them, or the survivor, could draw the money then on deposit by her. The teller produced a printed form, used by the hank in such cases, filled it out, and Huldah Van Aernam signed it and delivered it to the teller, together with her old passbook. The written directions for change of account were as follows :
“ Get. nth, 1897.
“ The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Augsbury v. . ShurtliffNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Hallenbeck v. HallenbeckNew York Supreme Court · 1904
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