Legal Opinion
Lindsay v. Dean
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 16, 1945No. Civ. No. 14513PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD (Parker), J.
This is an appeal from a judgment that appellant was not the owner of the contents of a safe deposit box, which he alleged he owned by reason of a joint tenancy agreement with the decedent.
Lloyd E. Dean, the appellant, and Martha Dean, the decedent, were married in 1923. In 1931 Mrs. Dean rented a safe deposit box in a bank, and the “signature card,” purporting to state that the box was held in joint tenancy, was signed by Mrs. Dean and her sister, Virginia H. Lindsay, who resided in the State of New York. Separate property of Mrs. Dean which included stocks, bonds,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Andrews v. California Trust Co.California Supreme Court · 1940
- Young v. YoungCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
- Security-First National Bank v. StackCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1939
- Dalton v. KeersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
- Lindsay v. DeanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
3Cited by13 opinions
- California Trust Co. v. BennettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
- Abbey v. LordCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
- Berl v. RosenbergCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
- Cordasco v. ScaleroCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
- Estate of KannCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967
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