Brown v. Dougherty

CARMODY, Justice.

A controversy arose between two sisters regarding the ownership of funds in four joint bank accounts opened by their deceased mother in the name of the mother and one of the daughters. The trial court having determined a joint tenancy agreement, an appeal was perfected by the contesting sister.

Although the husbands of each of the sisters are joined as parties, we will, for simplicity, refer to appellant, Martha Brown, as Martha, and appellee, Virginia Lee Dougherty, as Virginia.

Summarizing the facts found by the trial court, Martha and Virginia were the only two daughters of…