Burke v. Kennedy

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

Bridget Martin, an elderly widow, died on February 5, 1921, and, by will, Burke, the present plaintiff, was appointed executor of. the estate. Investigation disclosed a deposit in her name of $4,700 in the First National Bank of Wilkes-Barre, and the ownership of some furniture. Later, it was discovered that a property formerly possessed by testatrix had been sold in 1920, and the purchase price paid in cash to the decedent. Of this amount, it was learned that $3,150 had been placed in the Second National Bank by her sister, Mrs. Kennedy, the defendant, to the…