Owen v. Owen

CROCKETT, Justice:

Plaintiff, Louis Whitney Owen, sues his son, Louis Wetzel Owen, for fraudulent endorsement and conversion of a certificate of deposit of $4,000 in defendant First Security Bank, which had been issued jointly to plaintiff and Myrtes W. Owen, who was his former wife, and was also the mother of Wetzel. The trial court made findings and entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against the son, Louis Wetzel Owen; and against the bank for negligence in paying out the money to Louis Wetzel Owen, and also in favor of the bank on its cross-complaint against the son for having…