Hinds v. Southwestern Savings Ass'n of Houston

DIES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff below, Lucille Hinds, sued Southwestern Savings Association of Houston, defendant below, to recover a sum of money deposited in a joint account by plaintiff and her former husband in defendant’s institution. The money was deposited prior to 1969, and the language of the signature card required that signatures of both husband and wife for any withdrawal from such account so long as both parties were alive. On or about January 4, 1969, her former husband was paid the entire deposit by the defendant. She brought this suit on March 24, 1976. Defendant filed a motion…