Pulliam v. Pulliam

McDONALD, Judge:

This case is a controversy involving the rights of the appellant, Virgil Pulliam, in two certificates of deposit to which he was a joint owner with his cousin, the appellee’s decedent, Lillian Pulliam. The certificates, dated October 2,1980, and March 11,1981, were in the amounts of $3,000.56 and $13,-039.60, respectively. There is no dispute that the certificates were purchased with funds belonging to Lillian. Virgil testified that Lillian purchased the certificates in their joint names and gave him actual possession of the certificates in May, 1981. He kept them in his lock…