PARKE STATE BANK v. AKERS

No. 31A05-9312-CV-473.

645 N.E.2d 1096 (1995)

The PARKE STATE BANK, Appellant-Defendant, v. Ardith L. AKERS, Appellee-Plaintiff.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fifth District.

January 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman L. Lowery, Wright, Shagley & Lowery, Terre Haute, for appellant.

Terry E. Harris, Young, Harris & Harvey, Crawfordsville, for appellee.


OPINION

RUCKER, Judge.

In violation of a written contract a bank allowed access to a jointly held safety deposit box from which jointly owned certificates of deposit were removed; the bank then redeemed the certificates over the endorsed signature of only one joint owner. Is the bank liable to the co-owner? We think not and therefore reverse.

Harold M. Akers and Plaintiff-Appellee Ardith L. Akers were married on October 4, 1986. About a month thereafter...

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