Amarillo National Bank v. Terry

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

Amarillo National Bank appeals from a judgment, rendered on a jury verdict, decreeing its liability to Leartrimus Terry and his wife, Bessie Terry, for all unauthorized withdrawals made from their respective savings accounts by seventeen-year-old Milton Charles Terry, the natural son of Lear-trimus and step-son of Bessie. Agreeing with the trial court’s determination that, under this record, the parental liability statute affords the bank no recovery from the Terrys, we affirm.

Leartrimus and Bessie each maintained a separate savings account with the Amarillo National…