Wilson County v. Wooten

It is conceded that Mamie L. Harrell and Maude H. Wooten established a joint savings account in the National Bank of Wilson pursuant to a contract duly executed by the parties, referred to hereinabove as plaintiff’s Exhibit B, and which reads as follows:

“We agree and declare that all funds now, or hereafter, deposited in this account are, and shall be our joint property and owned by us as joint tenants with right of survivorship, and not as tenants in common; and upon the death of either of us any balance in said account shall become the absolute property of the survivor. The entire account…