Handy v. US Bank National Association

OPINION

ORME, Judge:

¶ 1 George B. Handy found a passbook in his “junk drawer.” The passbook pertained to a savings account that, at least according to the entries in the passbook, had lain dormant for over thirty years. Handy now appeals the trial court’s determination that he failed to prove he was entitled to the money reflected in the passbook. We reject some of the trial court’s rationale but affirm its disposition.

I. BACKGROUND 1

A. The Passbook Account

¶2 In October 2003, Handy, an eighty-four-year-old Ogden attorney, found a passbook in the junk drawer of his office credenza. 2 The…