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FIDELITY TRUST CO. v. FIELD

No. 32.

311 U.S. 169 (1940)

61 S.Ct. 176

85 L.Ed. 109

FIDELITY UNION TRUST CO. ET AL., EXECUTORS, v. FIELD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 9, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Danzig, with whom Mr. Francis F. Welsh was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Russell C. MacFall for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1935, Edith M. Peck caused the title of a savings bank account standing in her name to be transferred on the records of the bank to "Edith M. Peck, in trust for Ethel Adelaide Field." Miss Peck retained exclusive control over the account, with sole right of withdrawal and right of revocation, and gave no further notice of the existence of a trust.

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