BAILEY v. SUSSEX TRUST COMPANY


187 A.2d 825 (1963)

Mildred A. BAILEY, Plaintiff, v. The SUSSEX TRUST COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware, both as executor under the last will and testament of William E. Walsh, deceased, and in its corporate capacity, and William E. Walsh, Jr., Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

January 23, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Conaway, Jr., of Morford, Young & Conaway, Wilmington, for plaintiff.

Robert W. Tunnell, of Tunnell & Raysor, Georgetown, for defendant Sussex Trust Co.

James M. Tunnell, Jr., of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, for defendant William E. Walsh, Jr.


MARVEL, Vice Chancellor.

Plaintiff's complaint herein contains two causes of action, the first of which sets forth as its principal contention that Sussex Trust Company and the defendant William E. Walsh, Jr., plaintiff's brother, improperly brought about the creation of three demand bank accounts at the Sussex Trust Company in the name of William E. Walsh and that of his son, William E. Walsh, Jr., which, contrary to the father's intent, purported to create joint...

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