McDaniel v. Laminack

STEAGALL, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Julian Wayne McDaniel and Larry Ponzelle McDaniel, appeal from judgments entered in a declaratory judgment action arising out of a dispute over the ownership of several certificates of deposit.

Jesse W. McDaniel died on July 25, 1988. He left a will devising his entire estate in equal shares to his five children: Beverly Jean McDaniel Laminack, Kenneth Royce McDaniel, Julian Wayne McDaniel, Larry Ponzelle McDaniel, and Alonze Maurice McDaniel. He named Beverly Jean McDaniel Laminack as executrix of his estate. Jesse McDaniel had purchased several certificates…