Albertha Rudy McKee Agnes Rudy and John Wesley Rudy v. Evelyn Hassebroek, W. E. Hassebroek and Helen M. Bullock

MURRAH, Chief Judge.

This appeal involves the ownership of 33 Government Savings Bonds issued to “Phillip Rudy or Florence Rudy”, husband and wife, as joint tenants with right of survivorship. The first question presented is whether the bonds passed to the surviving wife’s estate under the provisions in the bonds and applicable Treasury Regulations, 1 or to the husband’s heirs under his will as ordered and decreed by the probate court having jurisdiction of his estate. The trial Court held that title passed under the terms of the bonds, and we agree.

The undisputed operative facts are that the…