District Court of Appeal of Florida

Where a joint tenant in a bank account wrongfully transfers funds to a third party, the other joint tenant may maintain a cause of action for conversion against the third party who: 1) holds the identifiable funds; and 2) refuses a demand to restore the funds to the other joint tenant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/04/2006
• Published 10/04/2006

Judges

• GROSS, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jay L. Kaufman and James A. Herb of Herb & Kaufman, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Vanessa D. Sloat of Sachs Sax Klein, Boca Raton, for appellee.