Knight v. Lott

HOUSTON, Justice.

Betty K. Lott, individually and as admin-istratrix of the estate of Richard Harvey Knight, deceased, filed this action seeking a judgment declaring that bank account number 60-1789-4 (“the account”) at Troy Bank and Trust Company (“the Bank”), containing funds in excess of $39,000, was the property of the estate of the adminis-tratrix’s decedent, Mr. Richard Harvey Knight (“Mr. Knight”). The defendants, Paul Knight and Joanna Knight, answered the complaint, claiming that they were joint tenants with right of survivorship as to the bank account or, in the alternative, that…