Grady v. Dekalb County Teachers Federal Credit Union

Banke, Judge.

This is an action by the DeKalb County Teachers Federal Credit Union to recover funds allegedly paid by mistake to the defendant from his former wife!s account. The defendant maintains that he was authorized to withdraw the money and thus that he has no liability to the credit union. He appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the credit union and its denial of summary judgment in his favor.

It appears uncontroverted from the record that the account was originally opened in the name of the defendant’s former wife. However, she later instructed the credit…