Robertson v. Ludwig

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

These consolidated appeals arise from litigation concerning the ownership of certain joint tenancy accounts. More specifically, we are asked to determine the legal effect of the actions by one joint tenant in causing additional names to be added to the original joint tenancy accounts. Essentially, the trial court held that the addition of more persons did not destroy the nature of the joint tenancy ownership but made the accounts four-party joint tenancy ownership rather than the original two-party joint tenancy ownership. On appeal from…