Kirsch v. First National Bank of Watertown

YOUNG, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s decision in a declaratory judgment case wherein the court held that joint ownership had been created in two certificates of deposit. We affirm.

The record shows that Fred and Chris Kirsch were brothers and that each developed, with the aid and assistance of the other, successful farming operations near Watertown, South Dakota. Both brothers were married and both reared children. Fred Kirsch had one adopted son, Kenneth Stanley Kirsch, appellant herein, who instituted the present action on behalf of the estate of Fred Kirsch. * Chris…