BROWN v. BOWERY SAV. BANK


51 N.Y.2d 411 (1980)

Cora L. Brown, Respondent, v. The Bowery Savings Bank, Appellant, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter G. Bergmann, Terence F. Gilheany, Mary Frances Buchinsky and Jeffrey Q. Smith for appellant.

Hector Willems for respondent.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.


Chief Judge COOKE.

This appeal presents the issue of the ensuing liability of a bank to a person whose name is removed without her permission from a joint savings account at the behest of the other person named on the account.

Although section 675 of the Banking Law immunizes banks with regard to some transactions involving joint savings accounts, it does not do so here. Plaintiff is entitled to recover...

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