Dawson Ex Rel. Sibley v. Dawson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court detemiining ownership of a joint tenancy account in the First Federal Saving and Loan Association of Coffeyville, Kansas (defendant-appellant ).

Pearl Dawson (plaintiff-appellee) is an incompetent and this action was instituted by her duly appointed legal guardian. Pearl Dawson was married to Ralph Dawson from 1929 until his death on June 3, 1971. Ralph and Pearl were residents of the State of Oklahoma when on May 2,1966, they deposited funds in the amount of $8,000.00 in the First…