Walls v. Bank of Prattville

On April 20, 1988, the appellant, Wilma Milton Walls, filed a declaratory judgment action to establish the beneficiary of a savings account established by Daniel L. Tatum, her deceased brother, at the Bank of Prattville. Wilma alleged that the name written on the signature card as the death beneficiary, "Wilma Middleton," was a scrivener's error, and that Tatum had intended that the beneficiary of the account be "Wilma Milton." On April 25, 1988, Tatum's estate moved to intervene in the action, and the Bank of Prattville counter-claimed for interpleader pursuant to Rule 22, A.R.Civ.P.

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