Legal Opinion
Courtney v. Courtney
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided June 20, 1988No. 88-55PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
This is a dispute over the ownership of funds on deposit in more than one name. David Courtney has appealed from an order of the St. Francis Probate Court holding that two certificates of deposit and a bank account in the names of Richard Courtney and David Courtney are assets of the estate of Richard Courtney, deceased. The trial court rejected David Courtney’s claims that he and Richard Courtney were partners and the funds belong to him as survivor.
Richard Courtney died intestate in April 1986 survived by his wife and three sons, Dale, Wayne and David. Wayne was…
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- Reddoch v. BlairSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
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