45 N.C. App. 610 - O'BRIEN v. Reece’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
January 1997
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. Pilot Life Insurance Company · Robbins v. Grimes · Hall v. Hall · Colley v. Cox · Jones v. Waldroup
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he term “or,” absent evidence of a separate agreement or a gift, merely creates an agency in the other person to withdraw such funds, and upon the depositor’s death the agency terminates and the funds become a part of the depositor’s estate. Hall v. Hall, 235 N.C. 711 , 71 S.E.2d 471 (1952); Nannie v. Pollard, 205 N.C. 362 , 171 S.E.2d 341 (1933). Thus, in this case, nothing in the certificate of deposit serves to comply with G.S. 41-2.1(a) requiring a signed writing that expressly provides for the right of survivorship.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A deposit account may be established with a banking institution in the names of two or more persons, payable to either or the survivor or survivors, with incidents as provided by subsection (b) of this section, when both or all parties have signed a written agreement, either on the signature card or by separate instrument, expressly providing for the right of survivorship.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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