Turner v. Mikell

Banke, Presiding Judge.

This is a declaratory judgment action brought by the appellant against the appellee, as executor of the estate of the appellant’s deceased mother, to obtain a ruling that she [the appellant] was entitled to the proceeds of three bank certificates of deposit titled jointly in her name and that of her mother. The certificates, which had a total face value of $40,000, each contained printed language specifying that in the event of the death of one of the two named depositors, the proceeds would be payable to the survivor.

The case was tried before a jury, which found that…