BENNETT v. HIBERNIA BANK

Docket No. S.F. 19089.

47 Cal.2d 540 (1956)

305 P.2d 20

OLIVE BENNETT et al., Appellants, v. THE HIBERNIA BANK (a Corporation) et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.L. James, Carl E. Day, Leander L. James III and Morris Lavine for Appellants.

Alexander S. Keenan, Jr., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

Tobin & Tobin, Sullivan, Roche, Johnson & Farraher, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Moses Lasky for Respondents.


GIBSON, C.J.

Plaintiffs are seeking declaratory relief to determine their rights, if any, in the Hibernia Bank which, prior to 1947, was known as the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society. They claim as successors of Callaghan Curtin who, it is alleged, became a member of Hibernia on October 27, 1860. A general demurrer to the complaint was sustained without leave to amend, and plaintiffs have appealed from the ensuing judgment...

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