O'Connell v. Bank for Savings

Action to establish a gift causa mortis. The decedent was unmarried and when he died intestate on the 7th day of January, 1916, he left him surviving a brother and sister in this country; three sisters and two brothers, all residing in Ireland, and several nieces and nephews, the children of deceased sisters residing in this country. One of the sisters living in Ireland is a mute, and had been an object of favor and of bounty, on the part of the decedent. The plaintiff is a sister-in-law of the decedent. She asserts that about a week prior to his death the decedent called upon her in her…