Ford v. Reilly

WALLER, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Mamie Warnack Dunn died testate owning three disputed certificates of deposit, with Sara W. Reilly listed as joint owner. Tana Harwood Ford and Virginia Harwood Crist, heirs under Dunn’s will, contested the petition to close Dunn’s estate, arguing that pursuant to Dunn’s last will and testament, they were jointly entitled to fifty percent of the three disputed certificates of deposit. The Lincoln County Chancery Court ruled that pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 81-5-63 (1996), Reilly alone took the three disputed certificates of deposit by right of survivorship…