Howard v. Windham County Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of assumpsit, containing the common counts, and a special count. Plea, general - issue. Trial by jury, April Term, 1867, Barrett, J., presiding. Upon the facts set forth in the opinion, the court directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendants, — to which the plaintiff excepted.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Wilson, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate on the 5th day of January, 1864, deposited of her own money in the defendant bank ®220 in the name of Adaline F. Brown, a niece of hers, and took a deposit *598"book upon winch was made the following entry by the treasurer of said bank, namely, “ 1864, No. 530. Adaline F. Brown deposited $220.” Adaline F. Brown at the time of the deposit, was the wife of Giltnan B. Brown. She died in May, 1865, and the plaintiff’s intestate deceased in August following. The deposit book was foand among the effects of the intestate…
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