CITIZENS BANK OF BATESVILLE v. PETTYJOHN

No. 83-299.

667 S.W.2d 657 (1984)

282 Ark. 222

The CITIZENS BANK OF BATESVILLE, Arkansas, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Mae PETTYJOHN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Highsmith, Gregg, Hart, Farris & Rutledge by John C. Gregg, Batesville, for appellant.

Boyett, Morgan & Millar, P.A. by Mike Millar, Searcy, for Estate of Mae Pettyjohn.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Jeffrey A. Bell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, and Arkansas Bar Ass'n by Dennis Shackleford, President of the Arkansas Bar Ass'n, Little Rock, Robert A. Leflar, Fayetteville, and Hulen & Cuffman by Mike Hulen, Little Rock, for amicus curiae.


PURTLE, Justice.

The trial court awarded a certificate of deposit to the survivor. The certificate was made payable to either or both of two individuals and payable on death to the survivor. The decedent's estate appealed to the court of appeals which reversed the trial court and awarded the certificate to the estate, 10 Ark.App. 34, 661 S.W.2d 406. We granted certiorari to review primarily...

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