National Bank of Newcastle v. Wartell

THOMAS, Justice.

The only issue presented in this appeal is whether a father and a son successfully created a right of survivorship in a checking account so that ownership of the account vested exclusively in the son upon the death of the father. The district court held that the checking account was owned in joint tenancy and belonged to the son by right of survivorship when the father died. It entered judgment against the National Bank of Newcastle and in favor of the executor of the son’s estate in the amount of $5,385.16 (the balance of the account) together with interest in the amount of…