Legal Opinion
Deutsch, Larrimore & Farnish, P.C. v. Joyce & William Johnson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 29, 2004No. 26 EAP 2003PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Justice NEWMAN.
In this appeal, we must determine whether a judgment creditor can attach the funds in a joint account where the judgment is lodged against a noncontributing party to that joint account. Reduced to its essence, the real question is whether Joyce Johnston (Daughter) has a sufficient present interest in the joint account established by her mother, Ruth Libros (Libros), an intervenor in the present matter, to subject it to execution for a judgment against her alone. We are of the opinion that she does not.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Porter v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Blanchette v. BlanchetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Paulsen v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Overbrook Heights Building & Loan Ass'n v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Ingels EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
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3Cited by21 opinions
- In re Estate of CellaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Finkel v. Polichuk (In re Polichuk)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2014
- Enright v. LehmannSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
- In Re NovosielskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Spencer v. Estate of SpencerKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
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