Newhouse v. Harrinck

The defendant Frank Newhouse died while the above-entitled action was pending, and it was continued against his executrix. It had been brought by the wife of Newhouse to compel him to account for the proceeds of a savings bank account in the Union Savings Bank of Patchogue, which plaintiff alleged was opened in the following form: “ Frank Newhouse and Laura J. Newhouse, payable to either or the survivor.”

Decedent, a widower (seventy-nine years of age), and plaintiff, a widow (fifty-eight years of age), were married on November 1, 1927. It was Mrs. Newhouse’s fourth matrimonial venture. The…