SAWYER v. LANCASTER

No. 01-85-01052-CV.

719 S.W.2d 346 (1986)

James W. SAWYER, Appellant, v. Gertrude LANCASTER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Dorshaw, Houston, for appellant.

J. Patrick Coulson, Lehmann & Associates, Houston, for appellee.

Before EVANS, C.J., and JACK SMITH and WARREN, JJ.


OPINION

JACK SMITH, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment holding that certain funds of a decedent held in a joint account with rights of survivorship were not part of the decedent's estate, and therefore belonged to appellee.

In one point of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in holding that the proceeds of the account passed to appellee, the surviving depositor of a joint account, because the bank signature card did...

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