Keil v. National Westminster Bank, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BAIME, P.J.A.D.

Plaintiff Arlene Keil brought this action claiming that defendant National Westminster Bank, Inc. (National Westminster) had improperly allowed her husband to withdraw funds from a passbook account she maintained for her mother.1 The Law Division granted plaintiffs motion for summary judgment. National Westminster appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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The material facts are not in dispute. On September 27, 1978, plaintiff opened a passbook savings account at the Bay Ridge branch of National Bank of North America (NBNA),…