COHEN v. GOLDBERG


431 Pa. 192 (1968)

Cohen v. Goldberg, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

August 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Steerman, with him Zarwin, Prince, Baum, Steerman & Somerson, for appellants.

Harry C. Liebman, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, August 6, 1968:

Morris and Frances Cohen were married on July 19, 1948 and lived together until Frances Cohen's death on January 1, 1965. During their marriage, the Cohens opened three savings accounts in the names of "Frances Cohen or Morris Cohen."

On December 16, 1964, Mrs. Cohen instructed her nephew, Jerry Goldberg, to take from a safe deposit box rented jointly by Mrs. Cohen and Goldberg the passbook for the savings account...

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