Jones v. . Fullbright

The ultimate question is whether the title to the thirty-two shares of stock in the Citizens National Bank of Hendersonville is in the plaintiff as the representative of S. Y. Pickens or in the defend ants as tbe representatives of bis wife. Tbe answer depends upon tbe interpretation of tbe testator’s will and tbe legal significance of tbe certificates of deposit.

Tbe bank certified that S. V. Pickens bad deposited the money and that it was “payable to the order of self or Cornelia S. Pickens, bis wife.” Tbe defendants say (1) that in effect the deposits were made in the names of botb the…