Paterson v. Comastri

Plaintiff brought three separate actions, which were consolidated for trial,' to determine the conflicting claims of plaintiff and defendant Comastri to three joint bank accounts. One account is in each of the defendant banks, and it was stipulated that the banks are mere stakeholders. From findings and judgments adverse to her, plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff and Mary Blair Gilmour were sisters. Following the death of Mary’s husband in 1934, Mary opened a savings account in the names of herself and plaintiff with each of the defendant banks. In July, 1945, Mary married defendant Comastri, and in…