Davlin v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co.

Plaintiff has judgment awarding her the possession of two savings bank books or in the alternative their value. In 1898 both accounts were opened by plaintiff in her name “ in trust for Eva S. Warden,” defendant’s testatrix. Plaintiff was the foster daughter of decedent and deposited in those accounts funds which she asserts belonged to her, being, as she testified, gifts and earnings previously received from Mrs. Warden. Mrs. Warden died in 1928. Both bank books were found in her safe deposit box and thus came into the possession of her executor. No deposits were made nor interest credits…