Bendix v. Hudson County National Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

The subject of controversy here is the title to a savings account opened by one John Wilson with the defendant bank on December 4th, 1944, in his own name “in trust for Dorothy Bendix,” the complainant. The initial deposit was $1,600, which complainant insists was her own money. At the same time, complainant opened a savings account in her name “in trust for John Wilson,” with a like deposit of $1,600. She testified that all the moneys thus deposited, $3,200, were her savings from “salary” earned in the pursuit of her employment, and that she…