Lerbakken v. Twin City Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n

Eogosheske, Justice.

This appeal arises out of plaintiff’s unsuccessful efforts to recover the balance of two savings accounts deposited by plaintiff’s wife prior to her death and which defendant, shortly after her death, paid out to Ida Knutson, decedent’s sister, on her application for withdrawal as the named sole beneficiary of both accounts and on defendant’s waiver of its contractual requirement that “no withdrawal will be allowed from this account without the presentation of the passbook.” At the close of plaintiff’s evidence before a jury, the court directed a verdict for defendant. In…