In Re Peterson's Estate

Lloyd Peterson became ill in 1920. The cause was diabetes, which, progressing, resulted in death in August, 1923. In January, 1923, knowing the serious nature of his illness, he went to a bank in Berrien Springs, rented a deposit box, and placed therein bonds in the aggregate par value of $9,500. The box was taken in the names of himself and his wife, Jessie Peterson, “either or survivor,” and the contents of the box were, as evidenced by the bank records, to be surrendered accordingly. The key to the box was taken to his home and placed in the bedroom of the husband and wife to the knowledge…