Bachmann v. Reardon

The question at issue in this action is whether two savings accounts standing in the names of George W. Reardon and the defendant, Timothy J. Reardon, and payable to either or the survivor are now, after the decease of George, the property of his estate or the property of the defendant. The trial court concluded that the accounts were the property of George’s estate and rendered a declaratory judgment to that effect. From that judgment the defendant has appealed.

The following facts are undisputed: The plaintiffs were niece and nephew and next of kin of George W. Reardon, who died intestate…