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HANCOCK v. SAVINGS BANK OF BALTO.

[No. 77, October Term, 1951.]

199 Md. 163 (1952)

85 A.2d 770

HANCOCK v. SAVINGS BANK OF BALTIMORE ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 11, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Frederick Taylor, with whom was David P. Gordon on the brief, for the appellant.

John S. Hebb, III, with whom were Mullikin, Stockbridge & Waters on the brief, for Charles H. Taylor, Administrator, appellee.

L. Vernon Miller on the brief for The Savings Bank of Baltimore, appellee.

The cause was argued before MARBURY, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and MARKELL, JJ.

MARBURY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question involved in this case is whether a paper, signed by Lula M. Duker, while in the Johns Hopkins Hospital, was sufficient to create a trust over her bank account in the Savings Bank of Baltimore. The paper was executed on July 31, 1950, and Mrs. Duker died on August 5, 1950. The appellant, who was the beneficiary of the attempted trust, filed a bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City against...

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