Godwin v. Godwin

McGowen, J.,

delivered tlie opinion of the court.

Upon pleadings duly made up in the chancery court of Tippah county, the administrator, joined by some of the heirs at law of W. F. Godwin, contended that Mrs. Mary Lee Godwin and the Bank of Blue Mountain should account to the estate for a deposit made in the Bank of Blue Mountain by the deceased, W. F. Godwin, before his death.

Some time in 1921 W. F. Godwin had his bank account changed so that it was in the name of “W. F. Godwin or Wife,” and from that time until his death his account was so carried. The amount of money in the bank at the date…