Industrial Trust Company v. Scanlon

_ This is a bill of interpleader to determine the ownership of a savings bank deposit, which is claimed by three parties.

In December, 1890, Patrick Scanlon had deposited the sum of $1,900 in his name in the Bristol Institution for Savings, and he then redeposited it in the names of “Patrick Scanlon or Dennis F. Scanlon, and payable to either or the survivor of them.” In December, 1900, the complainant succeeded to the business of the institution for savings and a new book Was issued in the same form, both Patrick and Dennis signing the transfer from the savings institution to the complainant.

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