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THOMPSON v. THOMPSON

No. 13189.

244 F.2d 374 (1957)

Lorin H. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. Minnie F. THOMPSON, Executrix of the Estate of Grace G. Thompson, Deceased, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James J. Bierbower, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Mr. John William Warner, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Harvey H. Holland, Jr., with whom Mr. George A. Glasgow was on the brief, for appellee.

Messrs. G. B. Craighill, Caesar L. Aiello and Llewellyn C. Thomas, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of the District of Columbia Savings and Loan League, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

Grace Thompson, during an illness which proved fatal, signed a letter instructing a building association to transfer $5,500 of her funds from an existing account to a new account, to be opened in the joint names of herself and her brother Lorin. Lorin obtained a printed card from the building association creating a joint account for the brother and sister, and reciting that it was "subject to order...

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