Legal Opinion

Reap v. Wyoming Valley Trust Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 14, 1930No. Appeal, 208PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Defendant executor appeals from a declaratory judgment for plaintiff, entered by tbe court below.

Mary Gilligan bad a saving fund account in a trust company at Wilkes-Barre; on March 12,1919, after this account had been running for about five years, she lodged a writing with the trust company reading as follows: “Please add Miss Catherine Reap name on my deposit book No. 12782 and make the account to read: Money payable to either or the survivor of them.” This paper was signed by Mary Gilligan and duly witnessed. The trust company then made the account payable to “Mary Gilligan or…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mardis, Administratrix v. SteenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  2. Sparks v. HurleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  3. Bailey's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Cryan's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  2. Martella EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  3. Chadrow v. KellmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  4. Johnson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  5. Onofrey v. WolliverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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