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ROEHR v. PITTMAN

472 P.2d 278 (1970)

Frederic P. ROEHR, Executor of the Estate of Helen C. Hosken, Deceased, Respondent, v. Ruth PITTMAN, Also Known As Mrs. H.D. Pittman, Appellant, and Howard Hosken and United States National Bank of Oregon, a National Banking Association, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oregon, Department 2.

Decided July 22, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Eickelberg, Corvallis, argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

Frederic P. Roehr, Portland, argued the cause for respondent executor. With him on the brief were Vergeer, Samuels, Cavanaugh & Roehr, Portland.

Before PERRY, C.J., and SLOAN, O'CONNELL, DENECKE and HOLMAN, JJ.

O'CONNELL, Chief Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding in which the parties seek to determine the ownership of a savings account in the defendant bank.

The question presented is whether the balance in a joint savings account became the property of the surviving joint depositor or constituted an asset of the estate of the other joint depositor.

The decedent, Helen Hosken, and her daughter, Ruth Pittman, executed a signature card for a joint...

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