United States Eleventh Circuit

In a case of first impression regarding a diversity action against defendant-The Salvation Army to recover funds which defendant obtained from a pay-on-deathbed bank account established in the name of decedent's trust, grant of motion to dismiss in favor of defendant is affirmed where the plain language of section 655.82 permitted a corporation to be beneficiary of a pay-on-death account because the definition of the term "person" in section 1.01(3) of the state statute included corporations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/02/2009
• Published 02/02/2009

Judges

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel