WIGHTMAN v. AMERICAN NAT. BANK OF RIVERTON

No. 4949.

610 P.2d 1001 (1980)

Michael Ross WIGHTMAN and Erin Jennell Wightman by and through their next friends Howard Wightman and Evelyn Wightman, Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF RIVERTON, Appellee (Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff below), v. William MALODY, Jr., a/k/a William M. Malody, and John R. Benesch, as Administrator of the Estate of Page Malody, Deceased, (Third Party Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom C. Toner of Redle, Yonkee & Arney, Sheridan, for appellants.

Wm. H. Brown and Claude W. Martin of Brown, Drew, Apostolos, Massey & Sullivan, Casper, and Donald P. White of White, Avery & Howard, Riverton, for appellee.

THOMAS, J., delivered the opinion of the court.


ON REHEARING

THOMAS, Justice.

Upon the rehearing which was granted in this case a majority of the court became convinced that the court in its original opinion arrived at an erroneous conclusion.1 The issue to be resolved is whether the children of a deceased owner of a certificate of deposit, upon being named as joint tenants on the certificate of deposit, acquired an interest superior to that of the bank to which the certificate...

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