SIKO v. SEGUIRANT

No. 4699.

452 P.2d 447 (1969)

Caroline SIKO, also known as Caroline Correa, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Reginald M. SEGUIRANT, also known as Reginald M. de Seguirant, Administrator of the Estate of Justin de Seguirant, Deceased, and Hawaiian Telephone Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 20, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Berman, Robert A. Franklin and Jerrold Bell, Honolulu, for appellant.

Patrick F. Tuohy, Honolulu, for appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., MARUMOTO, ABE and LEVINSON, JJ., and Circuit Judge YASUTAKA FUKUSHIMA assigned by reason of vacancy.


RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

In dispute is the ownership of stock certificates registered in the name of decedent Justin de Seguirant, father of both the plaintiff, Caroline Siko, and the defendant, Reginald M. Seguirant, administrator of the estate. At the trial, plaintiff proved that on December 22, 1960, her father made her a joint tenant in a safe deposit box to which she previously had access as her father's agent. She testified that at the time of the change of...

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