§ 134. Repayment of deposits standing in the names of minors, trustees\nor joint depositors; repayment where adverse claim is asserted;\ninterpleader in certain actions; effect of claims or advices originating\nin, and statutes, rules or regulations purporting to be in force in\noccupied territories. 1. Any minor may endorse a check payable to his\norder for the purpose of depositing the proceeds in a deposit in his\nname and when any deposit shall be made by or in the name of any minor,\nthe same shall be held for the exclusive right and benefit of such\nminor, and free from the control or lien of all other persons, except\ncreditors, and shall be paid, together with the interest thereon to the\nperson or upon the order by check or otherwise of the person in whose\nname the deposit shall stand, and the receipt, acquittance or order of\npayment of such minor shall be a valid and sufficient release and\ndischarge for such deposit or any part thereof to the bank or trust\ncompany.\n 4. A bank or trust company need not recognize or give any effect to a\nclaim of authority to order the payment or delivery of any funds or\nother property standing on its books to the credit of, or held by it for\nthe account of, any person, corporation, unincorporated association or\npartnership, which claim conflicts with a claim of authority of which\nthe bank or trust company had prior notice, unless the person or persons\nasserting such subsequent claim shall procure a restraining order,\ninjunction or other appropriate process against said bank or trust\ncompany from a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States, or,\nin lieu thereof, with the consent of said bank or trust company, shall\nexecute to said bank or trust company, in form and with sureties\nacceptable to it, a bond, indemnifying it for any and all liability,\nloss, damage, costs and expenses for or on account of any payment or\ndelivery of such property by it pursuant to such subsequent claim of\nauthority or for or on account of the dishonor of any check or other\norder of any person or persons asserting the claim of authority of which\nsuch bank or trust company already had notice at the time the subsequent\nconflicting claim of authority is asserted by the person or persons\nfurnishing such bond.\n 5. Notice to any bank or trust company of an adverse claim to any\nproperty, or to a deposit of cash or securities standing on its books to\nthe credit of, or held for the account of, any person shall not be\neffectual to cause said bank or trust company to recognize said adverse\nclaimant unless said adverse claimant shall also either procure a\nrestraining order, injunction or other appropriate process against said\nbank or trust company from a court of competent jurisdiction in the\nUnited States in a cause therein instituted by him wherein the person to\nwhose credit the deposit stands, or for whose account the property or\ndeposit is held, or his executor or administrator is made a party and\nserved with summons, or shall execute to said bank or trust company, in\nform and with sureties acceptable to it a bond, indemnifying said bank\nor trust company from any and all liability, loss, damage, costs and\nexpenses, for and on account of the payment of or delivery pursuant to\nsuch adverse claim or the dishonor of the check or other order of the\nperson to whose credit the deposit stands on the books of said bank or\ntrust company or for whose account the property or deposit is held by\nsaid bank or trust company.\n 6. (a) In all actions against any bank or trust company to recover for\nmoneys on deposit therewith, if there be any person or persons not\nparties to the action, who claim the same fund, the court in which the\naction is pending, may, on the petition of such bank or trust company,\nand upon eight days' notice to the plaintiff and such claimants, and\nwithout proof as to the merits of the claim, make an order amending the\nproceedings in the action by making
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