Woolsey v. Woolsey

THOMPSON (R. L.), J.

This is an appeal from a judgment which was rendered in favor of the defendants in an action instituted to declare a trust in a joint savings bank account which was deposited by Mary Elizabeth Woolsey, during her lifetime, to the credit of herself and her husband. The cause was tried with a jury, which rendered general and special verdicts favorable to the plaintiffs. On the theory that these verdicts were merely advisory, they were rejected, and adverse findings favorable to the defendants were adopted by the court in accordance with which a judgment was thereupon…