Heinrich v. South Side National Bank

Plaintiff sued defendant bank (hereinafter called defendant) for $8121.06 to which she claimed to be entitled as survivor of joint accounts with her mother who died January 5, 1951. Plaintiff was also administratrix of her mother’s estate. Defendant filed answer and interpleader alleging the accounts were *222established on December 27, 1950,- from plaintiff’s mother’s accounts when she “was mortally ill and only as a convenience for paying bills” incurred for her medical attention and not as a gift to plaintiff. Thus defendant’s position was that the money belonged to the estate of plaintiff’s…