Allen v. Shaker Heights Savings Assn.

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment for the defendant rendered by the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga county.

The plaintiffs alleged in their petition that the defendant was a banking corporation under the laws of Ohio and that plaintiffs made an “arrangement” with defendant in 1922, whereby plaintiffs made deposits aggregating $2,775.09 with defendant during succeeding years, for which amount and their share of the earnings, determined by an accounting of the defendant corporation, they prayed judgment.

The defendant denied that it was a banking corporation, and…