Hall v. Superior Federal Bank

Steele Hays, Justice.

This is a dispute over the ownership of funds held in the names of Mrs. Dorothy Edwards and Mrs. Virginia Hall, as joint tenants, at Superior Federal Bank and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. Virginia Hall, the appellant and surviving joint tenant, appeals from the order of Pulaski Chancery Court finding that funds in both accounts should pass into the estate of Dorothy Edwards.

On May 8, 1984, Dorothy Edwards, now deceased, opened savings account No. 26-60145810 with Superior Federal Bank in Little Rock. The signature card contained the names of Mrs. Dorothy…