Parke State Bank v. Akers

645 N.E.2d 1096 (1995)

The PARKE STATE BANK, Appellant-Defendant,

v.

Ardith L. AKERS, Appellee-Plaintiff.

No. 31A05-9312-CV-473.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fifth District.

January 18, 1995.

Norman L. Lowery, Wright, Shagley & Lowery, Terre Haute, for appellant.

Terry E. Harris, Young, Harris & Harvey, Crawfordsville, for appellee.

OPINION

RUCKER, Judge.

In violation of a written contract a bank allowed access to a jointly held safety deposit box from which jointly owned certificates of deposit were removed; the bank then redeemed the certificates over the endorsed signature of only one joint owner. Is…