Godwin v. Johnson

Pope, Judge.

The issue presented concerns ownership rights to certain savings certificates and joint checking account funds totaling in excess of $230,000. On November 27, 1985, Stephen Pennington Bond (decedent) executed his Last Will and Testament naming as his primary beneficiaries his daughter, appellant herein, and appellee and his brother, nephews of the deceased’s wife. Other than specific bequests, the terms of the will provided that one-half of the decedent’s property be conveyed to his daughter and the remaining one-half be divided between the two nephews. The will also named…