TRUST CO. BANK v. THORNTON

A92A0148.

204 Ga. App. 903 (1992)

420 S.E.2d 817

TRUST COMPANY BANK v. THORNTON et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

King & Spalding, Ralph A. Pitts, Daniel S. Sanders, Jr., for appellant.

Alston & Bird, Jay D. Bennett, Robert P. Riordan, G. Conley Ingram, for appellees.


CARLEY, Presiding Judge.

Dr. Andreas Gruentzig (Husband) and Dr. Margaret Anne Thornton Gruentzig (Wife) died simultaneously in a plane crash. Both died intestate and, at the time of their deaths, they held three joint bank accounts. Appellant-plaintiff, in its capacity as administrator of the husband's estate, brought suit, urging that the wife had no right of survivorship in the joint accounts and that the entire proceeds thereof would, therefore, pass through the...

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