It is undisputed that Joseph Ludovico, father of five children by a prior marriage, and his second wife, Stella, mother of two children by a prior marriage, established on October 8, 1959, mainly from Joseph's funds, a savings account for each of the seven children in the sum of $2,500 and each in the name of "Joseph Ludovico or Stella Ludovico, payable to either trustee or the survivor in trust for [name of child]." All of the accounts were intact with accumulated interest on the date of Joseph's death, August 27, 1960. After Joseph's burial Stella withdrew all of the money without notice to the named beneficiaries. The decree declared Stella a trustee and ordered her to pay to Mrs. Kirschenbauer the sum on deposit for her at his death. The decree is supported by the judge's findings which are not plainly wrong on the reported evidence. He found in essence that Joseph and Stella intended to create a trust for the benefit of each child, the sums on deposit for Joseph's children to be paid to them by Stella on his death, and that Joseph so informed his children. See O'Hara v. O'Hara, 291 Mass. 75, 77-78; Greeley v. Flynn, 310 Mass. 23, 27-28; Aronian v. Asadoorian, 315 Mass. 274, 277, and cases cited; Mikshis v. Palionis, 345 Mass. 316, 318-319. The decree should be modified to dismiss the petition as against the respondent bank.

Decree as modified affirmed.

In this action of summary process the judge found for the plaintiff for possession. The defendant excepted to this finding and to the denial of certain requests for rulings. Of these the only one pressed before us is the third, which reads: "The letter dated May 17, 1965 did not constitute a notice sufficient to terminate said lease." The denial of this request in the

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circumstances appearing in this record was not erroneous. The premises covered by the lease were an apartment at 22 St. Paul Street, Brookline, which was occupied by the defendant's son. In the negotiations for the lease the defendant's son sought to have the lease run to him but the plaintiff refused for the reason that the son was a student and had no income. At the plaintiff's suggestion the defendant signed the lease but the apartment was occupied by the son. The lease ran for two years from August 1, 1963, and contained a clause that after the expiration of this term it was to continue "from year to year until either the Lessor or Lessee, on or before the first day of June in any year, gives to the other written notice of intention to terminate this lease on the last day of the following July." A written notice to terminate, addressed to the defendant's son at the demised premises, was mailed by the plaintiff on May 17, 1965. The notice was received by the son, who after a few days showed it to the defendant. Although the notice was addressed to the son rather than the defendant, we are of opinion that the judge could have found that the son with respect to matters relating to the lease was acting as the defendant's agent and that the notice which was shown to the defendant shortly after its receipt was sufficient. See Clark V. Keliher, 107 Mass. 406, 409; Steese v. Johnson, 168 Mass. 17, 19; Ashkenazy v. O'Neill, 267 Mass. 143, 145. As was said in Clark v. Keliher, supra, at page 409, "There was no uncertainty as to the party from whom it emanated or the tenement to which it applied."

Exceptions overruled.