BIERAU v. BOHEMIAN BLDG. ETC. ASSN.

[No. 14, October Term, 1954.]

205 Md. 456 (1954)

109 A.2d 120

BIERAU, ADMINISTRATRIX v. BOHEMIAN BUILDING, LOAN AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, "SLAVIE" OF BALTIMORE CITY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 16, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max Sokol and Melvin J. Sykes, with whom were Charles J. Novak and Dickerson, Nice and Sokol, on the brief, for appellant.

Albert G. Aaron, with whom were Samuel J. Aaron and Howard L. Aaron on the brief for appellee, Louis A. Cohen, Guardian Ad Liteim; Fred J. Van Slyke and Daniel S. Sullivan, Jr., on the brief for appellee, Bohemian Building, Loan and Savings Association.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.


HAMMOND, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal calls upon us to decide whether a decedent effectively created a trust during his lifetime as to a free share account in a building association. If he did, the money is the property of his two minor daughters, born out of wedlock; if not, it is a part of his estate. The Chancellor, in a proceeding for declaratory relief, held that a trust had been created.

The appellant, the administratrix of the...

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