WRIGHT v. COMMERCIAL & SAV. BANK

[No. 58, September Term, 1982.]

297 Md. 148 (1983)

464 A.2d 1080

BETTY JEAN WRIGHT v. COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS BANK

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided September 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Bowen Mitchell, with whom were Michael Waring Lee and David B. Allen on the brief, for appellant.

Stephen M. Waldron, with whom was T. Carroll Brown on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.


COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH and RODOWSKY, JJ., dissent. SMITH, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 159 infra, in which MURPHY, C.J., and RODOWSKY, J., concur.

In this case, we must determine whether a depositary bank, at the direction of one co-owner of a joint checking account, may delete the name of another co-owner without that person's permission. The facts giving rise...

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