BALFOUR v. SEITZ

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, April 21, 1958:

This appeal presents an oft litigated issue: Whether under the circumstances a gift inter vivos of a bank account has been established.

John L. Balfour, a resident of Butler County, died intestate, August 12, 1955.

Sometime prior to 1930 decedent opened in his own name a savings account in the Mars National Bank of Mars, Pa. Approximately twenty to twenty...