F. Elizabeth Connor Imirie v. George Wady Imirie and S. Walter Bogley, Ancillary Executors of Estate of John Imirie

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

John Imirie, a patent attorney and agent, employed his wife, Mrs. F. Elizabeth Connor Imirie, as the salaried bookkeeper and manager of his office. Shortly after their marriage, he took steps to have three of his existing checking accounts put in the joint names of himself and his wife. He also established a new checking account in their joint names in a Canadian bank. Both signed forms furnished by the banks, reciting joint ownership “with right of survivorship.” Prior to this, two of the existing accounts had been maintained for the purposes of the husband’s…