Dalton v. Eyestone

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is another in a series of recent cases involving rights of survivorship in joint bank accounts. Here the circuit court, sitting without a jury, awarded the funds in the account to the appellee as the surviving depositor. The only question is whether the court reached the right conclusion upon facts that are undisputed.

In 1959 Annie Dalton, the appellee’s mother, deposited $o,500 in the Farmers National Bank of Clarksville. The bank issued an interest-bearing certificate of deposit payable to “Mrs. Annie Dalton or Mrs. Jack Ingram Sr. or order.” It is indicated…