SHIRK v. SUBURBAN TRUST

[No. 685, September Term, 1966.]

248 Md. 114 (1967)

235 A.2d 549

SHIRK v. SUBURBAN TRUST COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 4, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Hoyert, with whom were Bill L. Yoho, Roy W. Hooten and Joseph F. McBride on the brief, for appellant.

John C. Joyce, with whom were Duckett, Orem, Christie & Beckett, Robert C. Christie and James P. Salmon on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and HORNEY, McWILLIAMS, FINAN and SINGLEY, JJ.


HORNEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Although unique in that it is an action at law rather than in equity, this case is another in a long line of cases concerning the rights of the surviving owner in and to joint bank accounts.

Two accounts are involved in this controversy. One, a checking account, was opened in 1943. The other, a savings account, was begun in 1951. Both accounts, in the College Park branch of the Suburban Trust Company, remained...

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