McCollough v. Rogers

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action to recover the proceeds of a joint savings account. We affirm.

The issue tried below concerned the ownership of money deposited in a savings account which was established in the names of Mary Lee Rogers and Willie B. McCollough as joint owners with right of survivorship. That issue was tried to the trial court ore tenus and a judgment entered for Christine Rogers in the amount of $15,556.65. This judgment denied the proceeds to Willie B. McCollough, the surviving joint tenant, and she appealed.

The defendant, McCollough,…