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VIRGINIA NAT. BANK v. HARRIS

Record Nos. 771478, 771503.

257 S.E.2d 867 (1979)

VIRGINIA NATIONAL BANK et al. v. Nina B. HARRIS, Administratrix, etc. Louise FAULKLYN, a/k/a, etc. v. Nina B. HARRIS, Administratrix, etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

August 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad M. Shumadine, Norfolk (Ross C. Reeves, Kaufman & Oberndorfer, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant in first case.

Girard C. Larkin, Jr., Norfolk (Herman A. Sacks, Stanley E. Sacks; Sacks & Sacks, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Virginia Bankers Association (John W. Edmonds, III, Russell V. Palmore, Jr., Mays, Valentine, Davenport & Moore, Richmond, on brief), for appellants, amicus curiae.

Anita O. Poston, Norfolk (Joseph A. Gawrys, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant in second case.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

The narrow question presented in this banking appeal is whether the designation of a beneficiary to receive the proceeds of an individual savings account upon the depositor's death is a testamentary act which is void for failure to comply with the Statute of Wills, Code § 64.1-49.1

Charles Harris died intestate during 1976 in Norfolk at the age of 77 years. He had previously opened four savings accounts with...

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