In Re Estate of White

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was brought by the Executor of the Estate of Thomas White, deceased, to recover as an asset of decedent’s estate a bank certificate of deposit or its proceeds from respondent, Howard Bishop, nephew of the decedent. The lower court ruled against petitioner s motion for a directed verdict and found that a joint tenancy had been created and that the respondent was the owner of the certificate of deposit as surviving joint tenant therein. Petitioner appeals.

A certificate of deposit for $7,000 of the DuQuoin…