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· 2/9/1972

Shaffer v. Lohr

Citations

  • 287 A.2d 42
  • 264 Md. 397
  • 1972 Md. LEXIS 1154

How courts have described this case

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  • account titled as “A or B, either or the survivor,” held not to be in the trust form
  • facts proffered in opposition to granting of summary judgment motion must be “detailed and precise”
  • express trust in joint bank account even though bank records and entries were not in trust form, if expression of clear and unmistakable intent to create a trust can be found from the facts
  • “[A] valid inter vivos gift will only be found where the donor makes a distinct, unequivocal delivery of the passbook with an intent to part with ownership and make an irrevocable gift of the fund and the donee accepts the gift.”

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Judges: Hammond, McWilliams, Finan, Singley, Smith

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