Liner v. Commercial National Bank

1. Contrary to the answer, the deposit slip shows that the account was a joint account in the name of “J. M. Bentley and Mrs. Pearl Liner.” In the absence of something showing otherwise, an account will be presumed to be as it appears on the deposit slip. Beebe v. Smith, 76 Ga. App. 391 (3 a, b) (46 S. E. 2d, 212).

2. In the absence of a statute or express agreement to the contrary, withdrawals from a joint deposit in a bank require the authority of all the depositors. 7 Am. Jur. 363, § 509; id. 381, § 528 ; 61 A.L.R. 967. The evidence showed that the defendant allowed the withdrawal of the…