Sturgill v. Virginia Citizens Bank

In a motion for judgment, Rose Mary McCoy Sturgill, Administratrix (Administratrix), attempted to recover from Virginia Citizens Bank (Bank) the $13,748.58 balance of R. V. McCoy, Jr.’s bank account which the Bank, after McCoy’s death, had transferred to a third party. In a bench trial, the trial court struck the Administratrix’s evidence and granted summary judgment for the Bank. We reverse.

On March 28, 1975, McCoy opened an individual checking account with the Bank. Eighteen months later, McCoy telephoned Jimmy Vanover, the Bank president, stating that he had remarried and desired to change…