CALIFORNIA TRUST CO. v. BENNETT

Docket No. L.A. 20584.

33 Cal.2d 694 (1949)

204 P.2d 324

CALIFORNIA TRUST COMPANY (a Corporation), as Executor, etc., Appellant, v. JOHN BENNETT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 31, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindstrom & Bartlett and William C. Bartlett for Appellant.

Marshall & Farnham, Walhfred Jacobson and O.E. Farnham for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

The executor of the will of Charlotte Bennett, deceased, appeals from a judgment awarding to defendant, the husband of decedent, the sum of $7,950 which was originally her separate property. The money was in a safe deposit box at the time of her death, and the principal question presented on appeal is whether the record supports the trial court's conclusion that defendant and his wife held the contents of the box in joint tenancy.

The box was...

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