Johnson v. Mueller

Involved in this suit are certificates of deposit for the aggregate sum of $18,000 issued by banks and made out to Jordan Johnson and/or Katie Miller, and payable to the order of either or the survivor; also $5,000 in certificates of deposit in the same names, payable to the order of either, but containing no words of survivorship.

The appellee, Kathryn Mueller, is the same person referred to in the certificates as Katie Miller; Jordan Johnson was her uncle, a bachelor, who died intestate February 2, 1948. Appellee became the administrator of his estate, which, included considerable other…