Citizens' National Bank v. Sharp

This is an action of assumpsit brought by the appellee to recover money payable by the appellant in redemption of 167 shares of its capital stock held by Mrs. Lancaster at the time of her death. The case was tried before the Superior Court, without a jury; all errors of pleading were waived. An agreed statement of facts was signed by counsel, substantially as follows: Mrs. Lancaster owned 333 shares of the capital stock of the appellant. She died in Indiana, having her domicil in that State at the time of her death.

She left a will, by which she appointed her husband Israel Lancaster, her…