French v. Raymond
Supreme Court of Vermont
■ Assumpsit for money. The case was referred. At the May Term, 1866, Barrett, J. presiding, a pro forma judgment was rendered, on the report of the referee, for the plaintiff, for the sum found due and the costs, — to which the defendant excepted. The referee found that Susan W. Raymond was the daughter of Wilder Raymond.
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■ Assumpsit for money. The case was referred. At the May Term, 1866, Barrett, J. presiding, a pro forma judgment was rendered, on the report of the referee, for the plaintiff, for the sum found due and the costs, — to which the defendant excepted. The referee found that Susan W. Raymond was the daughter of Wilder Raymond. Her mother died and her father married again, and after \ wards, when Susan was thirteen years old, she went to live with her uncle, Isaac M. Raymond, the defendant. In September, 1845, he gave her'money and clothes without expectation of being paid. She went to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
PiERPOiNT, Ch. J.
The questions in this case arise upon a report of a referee, and as no claim is made by the plaintiff to any of the property referred to in the report, except the money in the savings bank, the only questions for us to consider have reference to that money.
The defendant claims the money as a gift from the intestate Susan W. Raymond, and insists that it was so made, and under such circumstances, that it constituted a donatio causa mortis and as such was a valid transfer of the property to him.
To constitute a donatio causa mortis certain…
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