CORKUM v. SALVATION ARMY OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC.


340 Mass. 165 (1959)

162 N.E.2d 778

WILLIAM E. CORKUM, executor, vs. THE SALVATION ARMY OF MASSACHUSETTS, INCORPORATED.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 17, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Perkins, for the respondent.

John J. Mahan, (William E. Corkum with him,) for the petitioner.

Present: SPALDING, WILLIAMS, COUNIHAN, & CUTTER, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

This petition in equity was brought to determine ownership in six bank accounts. The petitioner is the executor of the will of Lois B. Thomas (sometimes known as Blanche L. Thomas) late of Boston. There are numerous respondents but the only one that we are concerned with in this appeal is The Salvation Army of Massachusetts, Incorporated, hereinafter called Salvation Army. The only account here in issue is a...

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