Warren v. Kyle

O’QUINN, Justice.

By this lawsuit Lucille Kyle, now appel-lee, sought to establish her right to funds in excess of $2,000 held by Austin Municipal Federal Credit Union in a joint account opened in October of 1964 by appellee and Hardy Kyle, who died in 1976. Opposing claims to the funds were asserted by surviving brothers and sisters of Hardy Kyle.

After trial before the court without aid of a jury, the court entered judgment awarding the account to Lucille Kyle upon a finding and conclusion that appellee “ . . . is entitled to the rights and privileges as a community survivorship . . . [and]…