Kokjohn v. Harrington

The beneficiaries of decedent’s will challenge a declaratory ruling finding a golden passbook account was not part of decedent’s estate because it was held in joint tenancy by *100the decedent, Paul A. Kokjohn, and his sister, Marguerite Harrington. They contend: (1) the “time deposit, open account agreement” is not incorporated by reference on the signature card; (2) the parol evidence rule does not apply to exclude consideration of evidence extrinsic to the signature card and the “time deposit, open account agreement”; (3) decedent did not intend to create a joint tenancy account; and (4) if…