Pazdernik v. Decker

SMITH, Judge.

Defendants appeal from a judgment against them in a court-tried case holding a power of attorney void, ordering an accounting of funds obtained through use of the power, and establishing a construe- tive trust on bank accounts comprising such funds. We affirm.

On July 30, 1979, Hallie Copeland, 77 years old was admitted to Deaconness Hospital in a “non-responsive” state. She had suffered a stroke. Pursuant to a power of attorney dated August 6, 1979, her brother, Ernest Decker, transferred .certain bank accounts in the name of Mrs. Copeland and one or another of the plaintiffs as…