Werle v. Werle

Opinion

by Mr. Chief Justice Kephart,

The parties hereto were married in 1918 and separated in July, 1936. Thereafter the wife brought this bill for an accounting. The funds of two bank accounts are involved — a savings account in the wife’s name and a checking account in their joint names payable to either. It is conceded that all money prior to the respective deposits belonged to the husband.

The funds in the savings account were, at the instance of the husband, withdrawn by the wife and delivered to him. Nearly all of the funds in the checking account were drawn out by the husband himself.…