Leseberg v. Lane

This is an action to compel defendant Dora Robertson to turn over the sum of $17,226.96, the balance of a joint account, to the administratrix of the estate of Mary Butler, deceased, so that this sum should become a part of the estate of the deceased. The agreement for the joint account in question reads as follows:

“Joint Account — Payable to Either or Survivor

“We agree and declare that all funds now, or hereafter deposited in this account are, and shall be, our joint property and owned by us as joint tenants with right of survivorship, and not as tenants in common; and upon the death of…