Decker v. Union Dime Savings Institution
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Lavinia A. Du Bois, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 25th day of June, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term. This appeal was transferred from the first department to the second department.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J. :
It is conceded that William F. Du Bois, in his lifetime, deposited in the Union Dime Savings Institution the sum of $4,086.50. The account was opened and the deposit made, upon request of Du Bois, in these words : “ William F. Du Bois, trustee for Ellenora II. Decker (address 435 Hudson Street), widow, (age) 67, (parents’ name) Samuel, Sarah, (occupation) awnings. The number of the account is 180.769 ; the date it was opened, 31st day of July, 1886.” Du Bois and Decker were brother and sister. The former was a widower, and had been since 1882. He remarried in December of the same…
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