McEniry v. Coats

The issue presented by this appeal concerns the ownership of certain funds deposited in a savings account at First Federal Savings Loan Association of Bessemer in the names of Margaret Colley and R.A. Coats, as joint tenants with right of survivorship.

Coats claimed title to the funds following the death of Mrs. Colley by virtue of the survivorship provision of the account. McEniry claimed title as executor of Mrs. Colley's estate contending that Mrs. Colley, a 92-year-old widow, was senile at the time the account was established with her funds, and that a confidential relationship between the…