Smith v. Smith

Plaintiff excepts to the signing of the judgment and contends that, upon the facts admitted and stipulated, she is entitled to one-half of the deposits in question.

The deposit in the First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company is in the name of “Charles H. Smith or Cassie Smith.”

Under the laws in this jurisdiction, nothing else appearing, money in the bank to the joint credit of husband and wife belongs one-half to the husband and one-half to the wife. Bowling v. Bowling, 243 N.C. 515, 519, 91 S.E. 2d 176; Smith v. Smith, 190 N.C. 764, 767, 130 S.E. 614; Turlington v. Lucas, 186 N.C. 283, 290, 119…