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SIMS v. PEOPLES BANK AND TRUST CO.

85-1317.

519 So.2d 512 (1988)

Mary Elizabeth Ritch SIMS v. The PEOPLES BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as executor of the Estate of Robert Hale Goldsmith, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley B. Sikes of Sikes & Kelly, Selma, for appellant.

William J. Gamble of Gamble, Gamble & Calame, Selma, for appellee.

ALMON, Justice.

Robert Hale Goldsmith died on June 5, 1985, leaving a will that included the following provisions:

"IV.B. I give and bequeath to Mary Elizabeth Ritch Sims the sum of FORTY THOUSAND ($40,000) DOLLARS in cash, provided she survives me. ".... "IV.D. I have obtained some certificates of deposit, or other cash accounts, in which I have placed the name of Mary Elizabeth Ritch Sims as joint account holder with me.... To the extent...

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