BRUCKS v. HOME FEDERAL S. & L. ASSN.

Docket No. L.A. 21113.

36 Cal.2d 845 (1951)

228 P.2d 545

KATE W. BRUCKS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HOME FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; ADELE W. TAPLEY, as Executrix, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 14, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glendon L. Tremaine and Franklin L. Knox, Jr., for Plaintiff and Appellant.

McNulty & Squier and Ralph W. Squier for Defendant and Appellant.


SPENCE, J.

This action involves the determination of the ownership of certain funds on deposit1 in the Home Federal Savings & Loan Association. The controversy is between plaintiff, claiming as the designated beneficiary on the account in question, and defendant Adele W. Tapley, claiming as executrix of the will of the deceased depositor. The savings and loan association was also named a defendant herein; it disclaimed any beneficial...

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