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BUCK v. JORDAN

Record No. 972315.

508 S.E.2d 880 (1998)

256 Va. 535

Mallory BUCK, Executor of the Estate of Calvin Hugh Buck v. Sandra B. JORDAN, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Breeden, III (Breeden, MacMillan & Green, on briefs), Norfolk, for appellant.

Richard F. Popp (Douglas W. Davis, Richmond; Davis & Brynteson, Chesapeake, on brief), for appellee Sandra B. Jordan.

George H. Bowles (Stephen A. Northup; Mays & Valentine, on brief), Richmond, for appellee NationsSecurities.

Present: All the Justices.

KINSER, Justice.

The primary issue in this appeal concerns the ownership of an investment account registered as belonging to joint tenants with rights of survivorship. Because the language of the account agreement overcomes the presumption that the account was opened for the convenience of the decedent, we will affirm the circuit court's judgment awarding the funds in the account to the surviving joint tenant.

I.

On July 10, 1991, Calvin Hugh Buck...

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