Washington County Mercantile Bank v. Kennedy

KAROHL, Chief Judge.

Washington County Mercantile Bank filed an interpleader petition pursuant to Rule 52.07 against defendants Ruth Kennedy and Shirley M. Dalton. The subject of the lawsuit is a $15,000 certificate of deposit purchased by Thomas E. Portell on July 19, 1988. Defendant Ruth Kennedy, who was engaged to marry Portell, is a joint depositor on the certificate and claims ownership as a surviving joint tenant. Defendant Shirley M. Dalton claims ownership because Thomas E. Portell, her father, attempted to remove defendant Kennedy’s name and substitute defendant Dalton’s name as the…