Parkhurst Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen,

This is an appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County dismissing the claim of appellant to certain securities held by the ancillary administrator of the estate of Wilbert P. Parkhurst.

The facts with respect to appellant Eae Fischer’s claim are not in dispute, having been agreed to in a stipulation of counsel.

Decedent opened a checking account in his own name in 1937 at the Corn Exchange National Bank and Trust Company, now, by merger, the Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank (Bank).

On or about September 15, 1941, decedent, with his own funds, purchased the…