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STEVENS v. BILLINGS

No. 93-1372.

890 S.W.2d 609 (1995)

319 Ark. 265

Dorothy STEVENS, Appellant, v. A.C. BILLINGS, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Ola Maie Pickens, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 17, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Ryan and James D. Stoker, Mena, for appellant.

Joe Hardegree, Mena, for appellee.

DUDLEY, Justice.

This is another in the long series of cases in which a bank signature card is used as a substitute for a will. See, e.g., Lovell v. Marianna Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 264 Ark. 99, 568 S.W.2d 38 (1978). In this case W.C. Pickens and his wife, Ola Maie Pickens, opened a joint checking account in the Union Bank of Mena. The bank titled the account "Mr. or Mrs. W.C. Pickens," and the signature card reflected...

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