Dejean v. Dejean

MYERS, P.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Julia Mae DeJean and her brother, Patrick DeJean, jointly owned a non-negotiable Hancock Bank certificate of deposit (CD No. 16314), with rights of survivor-*446ship. CD No. 16314 was stamped “nonnegotiable, non-transferable” and was payable “upon presentation of this certificate properly endorsed.” On or about January 18, 2001, Julia Mae spoke with a teller at Hancock Bank and instructed Hancock Bank to redeem CD No. 16314 and with the proceeds, reissue a new CD (CD No. 17178) in the name of herself or her sister-in-law, Christine DeJean, and her nephew, Heywood…