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NATIONAL BANK OF NEWCASTLE v. WARTELL

No. 4828.

580 P.2d 1142 (1978)

NATIONAL BANK OF NEWCASTLE, a National Banking Corporation, Appellant (Defendant below), v. Michael Edward WARTELL, Executor of the Estate of Rex R. Fox, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Whitley and Gordon W. Schukei, Newcastle, for appellant.

Donald B. Hansen of Jones, Dumbrill & Hansen, Newcastle, for appellee.

Before GUTHRIE, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, RAPER, THOMAS and ROSE, JJ.

THOMAS, Justice.

The only issue presented in this appeal is whether a father and a son successfully created a right of survivorship in a checking account so that ownership of the account vested exclusively in the son upon the death of the father. The district court held that the checking account was owned in joint tenancy and belonged to the son by right of survivorship when the father died. It entered judgment against the National Bank of Newcastle and in favor of...

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