Opinion ID: 2412646
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Heading: The Question Involved.

Text: Appellants concede that the typewritten memorandum on the ledger sheet, heretofore quoted, signed by R. B. Hale but not witnessed by any one, does not meet the formalities required in making a will and they do not claim under it as a will. They also concede that the deposit does not meet the requirements of a gift inter-vivos and they do not claim title to the deposit as a gift. The contention of appellants is that the fund involved is a parol trust created in favor of appellants in which R. B. Hale made himself trustee; that it was an irrevocable trust, and that R. B. Hale had no right to draw a check on the fund in favor of Minnie Turner so as to give her title to any part of the fund. Appellees contend that no trust was created in favor of appellants by the deposits and that R. B. Hale retained the right to withdraw any part of the fund as he desired, free of any right of appellants.