Shumsky v. Dime Savings Bank

The decedent, Mike Lawrince, had been a depositor since December 3,1941 in the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn and since December 3, 1941 in the Brooklyn Savings Bank. It is the plaintiff’s claim that on April 10, 1958 the decedent signed, transferred, set over and gave her the bankbooks and the money on deposit as a gift to be hers forever *21after; that she accepted and retained the bankbooks as her property and that she is now the owner and holder of the bankbooks and is entitled to the withdrawal of the moneys on deposit.

Mike Lawrince died intestate on May 21, 1958 with no known heirs.

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