Dinini v. Mechanics Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the balance of a deposit made by the plaintiff in the defendant bank, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Litchfield County, Welch, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtRokaback, J.
It appears from the finding that in May, 1910, the plaintiff was an Italian, who could speak and understand but little English. At this time, the defendant was a savings-bank, with nearly thirty-nine hundred depositors, of which about one hundred were of the same nationality as the plaintiff. On May 16th, 1910, the plaintiff sent $200 to the defendant by Mrs. Anna Cordano, who deposited this money with the bank for the plaintiff. A deposit-book for $200 was issued by the bank in the plaintiff’s name, which, with an identification card made out by the clerk of the bank, was taken by Mrs.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hourigan v. City of NorwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Lawler, Admr. v. Hartford Street Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Chase v. Waterbury Savings BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Donlan v. Provident Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Fox v. KinneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
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- Mutual Assurance Co. v. Norwich Savings SocietySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Polonsky v. Union Federal Savings & Loan AssociationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
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