Sawyer v. National Shawmut Bank

The plaintiff, in this action of contract or tort, seeks to recover money which she alleges was wrongfully withdrawn by the defendant from a joint account deposited with the defendant and standing in her name and that of her husband. The case was heard upon an auditor’s report and oral evidence. The plaintiff excepted to the direction of a verdict for the defendant.

*314There was evidence that the plaintiff on August 17, 1927, went to one of the branch offices of the defendant for the purpose of redeeming certain bonds which had been called for redemption. She talked to an employee of the…