Otto v. Klement

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

Harry Joseph Otto appeals from a take-nothing judgment rendered in his action for a declaration that three accounts held jointly by his deceased sister and him were owned by him and not by her heirs at law. The accounts, composed of funds deposited by the decedent and accrued interest, were a checking account and a savings account, each of which was a joint account of the sister and Otto with right of survivorship, and a certificate of deposit made payable to the sister and Otto, “Trustee.” The judgment was rendered after the court admitted, over objection, parol…