Kerrigan v. Rautigan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, for money had and received; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of New London County. The plaintiff was a minor and sued by her next friend Margaret Kerrigan.
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Assumpsit, for money had and received; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of New London County. The plaintiff was a minor and sued by her next friend Margaret Kerrigan. The case -was tried to the court, on the general issue, before Mather, J. The court found the following facts: On the 80th day of August, 1869, Elizabeth Williams, a sister of Margaret Kerrigan, and an aunt of the plaintiff, Elizabeth Kerrigan, who was a minor, deposited in the Chelsea Savings Bank of Norwich $460, in the name and to the credit of “Elizabeth Kerrigan—Margaret Kerrigan, guardian,” and received from the bank a…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
The intention, on the part of Elizabeth Williams, to make a valid and perfect gift to the plaintiff, her niece, on the 30tli day of August, 1869, of the sum of $160, is found by the court below; and, as a matter of law, the deposit of that sum on that day in the savings bank in the name and to the credit of the plaintiff under the g xrdianship of Margaret Kerrigan, her aunt, the taking of the usual bank book for that deposit in the name of the donee, and the accompanying notice of the act to the guardian, gave effect to that intention, made the gift complete, and placed it beyond the power of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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