Wyatt v. Moran

This is a bill in equity to establish ownership in the complainant by way of a gift inter vivos of a joint bank account standing in the names of Joseph F. Moran or Mary E. Wyatt and payable to either or to the survivor. Hereinafter the former will be referred to mostly as Joseph and the latter as the claimant. Joseph died unmarried and intestate on March 1, 1949 in the town of East Providence in this state. The respondents include his heirs-at-law together with the eoadministrators of his estate. The cause was heard in the superior court on bill, answer and proof, and thereupon a decree was…