Johnson v. La Grange State Bank

These consolidated cases involve the validity of inter vivos transfers of property by one spouse against the marital rights of the surviving spouse in the property transferred.

Johnson v. La Grange State Bank, cause Nos. 49875 and 49876, concerns an inter vivos trust created by Eleanor Johnson for the ultimate benefit of several relatives and various charities. The second case, Havey v. Patton, involves savings accounts created by Myra Havey in which she named her sister-in-law as joint tenant. The plaintiff in each case is the surviving husband. Each has claimed his respective statutory share…