Estate of Fugett

KENNEDY, Presiding Judge.

This case began in the probate court of Chariton County, with a “petition to establish title to bank account”. It was initiated by the executor of the estate of Jess Fu-gett, deceased, to establish title to a bank account in the Bosworth State Bank with a balance of $34,298.78, which stood in the names of “Jess Fugett” and “Maggie J. Fugett”. Maggie J. Fugett was the wife of Jess Fugett, and she survived him. The probate court upon hearing awarded the proceeds of the bank account to the widow, Maggie J. Fugett, finding that it was not an asset of the Jess Fugett…