In Re Webb's Estate

We are here concerned primarily with the effect of the deposit of community funds by a member of the community in a joint account with a person not a member of the community, such deposit being payable, by the terms of the joint account, to either or the survivor of them. Also, we have before us the status of a joint account with the right of survivorship, in a national bank, prior to June 7, 1951, the effective date of chapter 18, Laws of 1951, p. 36.

William A. Kidder, a married man, and Stanley F. Webb, a bachelor, were half brothers, very close friends, and hunting companions. Both lived…