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- Title: Purma v. Stark
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 28, 1978
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 50 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court in a garnishment proceeding denying the garnishment creditor's claim to funds in a joint bank account. The principal action was brought by the plaintiff-appellant, Dr. Charles J. Purma, II, against the defendant-appellee, Patricia Stark, to recover damages for conversion of funds allegedly taken by the defendant from the plaintiff's bank account during a period of time when the defendant was employed by the plaintiff. The plaintiff, Purma, obtained a judgment against defendant, Patricia Stark, in August of 1975 in the amount of $7,058.84 plus interest. In an attempt to collect this judgment, the plaintiff ran a garnishment on a joint checking account in the First State Bank of Leoti, Kansas, in January of 1976. This joint bank account stood in the names of Buddie Stark, Terry Stark, Larry Stark, and the defendant, Patricia Stark. Buddie Stark, Terry Stark, and Larry Stark intervened in the garnishment proceedings claiming that the [224 Kan. 643] debtor, Patricia Stark, had no beneficial interest in the joint bank account. After a full evidentiary hearing, the district court held that the defendant, Patricia Stark, had no equitable interest in the bank funds and denied the plaintiff's claim to the funds.