Szychoski v. Szychoski

Counsel

On appeal from a decree of the Court of Chancery advised by Vice-Chancellor Woodruff, who Sled the following opinion:, “May 8th, 1935, five years before his marriage, the defendant opened a savings account at Mechanics National Bank of Burlington. June 11th, 1941, he caused his wife’s name to be added to that account. The account thereafter read ‘Anthony Szychoski or Yerna Szychoski.’ The balance in the account June 11th, 1941, was $340.48. On May 31st, 1946, the defendant closed out the account by withdrawing the amount then on deposit, $4,500. With this money he opened another account in his name in the same bank., “The defendant, in his answer and in his testimony, denied absolutely that his wife had ever turned over any of her earnings to him., Messrs. Worth ¡S Worth and Mr. Charles A. Cohen, for the appellant., Mr. Grover C. Richman, for the respondent.