Sentinel Federal Sayings & Loan Ass'n v. Jones

SPINDEN, Judge.

In an interpleader action filed by Sentinel Federal Savings and Loan Association, the trial court awarded two certificates of deposit and the funds in a passbook account to the estate of John K. Martin. Delores M. Jones and Gary A. Jones appeal the trial court’s determination claiming that as surviving joint tenants they are the owners of the certificates and account.

We must affirm the trial court’s judgment if it is supported by substantial evidence, not against the weight of the evidence and the court correctly declared and applied the law. Murphy v. Carron, 536 S.W.2d 30, 32…