Reel v. Hansboro State Bank

Plaintiff bases her cause of action upon the following facts:

The plaintiff’s sister, Mrs. M. E. Ward, lived in Elsberry, Missouri, up to the time of her death, on April 11, 1923. She had, for some time, maintained a time deposit in the sum of $3305.00 in the defend ant bank. On February 15, 1923, tlie certificate of deposit matured. After the 1st of January, 1923, and for some months prior thereto, Mrs. Ward’s health had been failing. She was 81 years of age. In February, 1923, in a conversation with one Blackorby, Mrs. Ward stated that “she wanted to give the property she had up here (N. D.)…