Rice v. Bennington County Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit by tbe plaintiffs, as executors of tbe last will and testament of one Richard M. Houghton, to recover of the defendant Savings Bank a certain deposit claimed by them as the property of said estate, and also claimed by the claimant, Charles A. Maurer, as his property. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1918, Bennington County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the claimant. The plaintiffs excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSlack, J.
This is a controversy over the ownership of a deposit in the defendant bank. The plaintiffs claim that it be-, longs to the estate of Richard M. Houghton, deceased, and brought this suit to recover it for the estate. Maurer claims it as a gift inter vivos, and also that he acquired title thereto under an order given by one Hawks, concerning which more will appear later. Trial was had by jury. At the close of all the evidence the plaintiffs moved for a directed verdict: The motion *496was overruled, subject to tbe plaintiffs’ exception, and there was a verdict and judgment for the claimant.
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