Erhardt v. Leonard

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

George Leonard appeals from a judgment awarded against him for compensatory and punitive damages. The judgment resulted from a claim that he wrongfully had converted to his own use money on deposit in a joint savings account in a local bank, which account appeared in his name and the name of his grandmother, Leta V. Erhardt.

We are presented with several issues on this appeal. Did the grandson have a right of ownership in the joint account that entitled him to withdraw the funds at his convenience and without the permission of his grandmother? After he withdrew the funds,…