Ratliff v. Ratliff

The appellee, as administratrix of the estate of her husband, Charles Ratliff, inventoried as an asset of the estate a savings account in a Prairie Grove bank. The appellants, Ratliff’s son and daughter, excepted to the inventory, contending that the bank account had been a joint account with survivorship which did not become part of the estate. The only question here is ’whether the probate court was right in holding that Ratliff did not take the necessary steps to create a right of survivorship.

Ratliff opened an account in this bank many years ago, at least as far back as 1929. At that time…