Wright v. Commercial & Savings Bank

Murphy, C. J., and Smith and Rodowsky, JJ., dissent. Smith, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 159 infra, in which Murphy, C. J., and Rodowsky, J., concur.

In this case, we must determine whether a depositary bank, at the direction of one co-owner of a joint checking account, may delete the name of another co-owner without that person’s permission. The facts giving rise to this issue are as follows.

In 1964, Betty Jean Wright and her husband, Verlon, opened a joint checking account in the name of Level Building Supply at the Commercial and Savings Bank. The signature card for this account…