Thomas v. National Bank

Morrison, D. C. J.

This suit arises out of the refusal of the defendant bank to honor the order of the plaintiff-administrator in drawing against $442.44 which was on deposit in a checking account in the said bank in the name of Ida Chandler Brown, deceased. The essential facts have been stipulated by counsel and disclose that Ida Chandler Brown, deceased, was a maker on a note payable to and held by the bank in the sum of $680 which note matured on May 11th, 1935. On April 1st, 1935, Mrs. Brown died and at the time of her death, she had a checking account with the bank, the balance of which,…