Wilson v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Arkansas
’Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; Jesse C. Hart, Chancellor; 1. The deposit in bank was a completed gift, inter vivos, of the entire deposit. Having been deposited in the sole name of Mrs. Wilson, she being always thereafter, in the mode of drawing checks, recognized as being the sole depositor, Payne acting as her agent, the money was absolutely hers.
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’Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; Jesse C. Hart, Chancellor; 1. The deposit in bank was a completed gift, inter vivos, of the entire deposit. Having been deposited in the sole name of Mrs. Wilson, she being always thereafter, in the mode of drawing checks, recognized as being the sole depositor, Payne acting as her agent, the money was absolutely hers. I Parsons, Cont. ch. 15, § 1; 1 Ark. 83; 14 Ark. 505; 43 Ark. 307; 68 Ark. 255; 66 Ark. 299; 63 Me. 364; 124 Mass. 472; 36 Conn. 88; 11 R. I. 266; 8 R. I. 536; 1 Daniel, Neg. Inst. (2 Ed.), § 24; 40 Conn. 512; 16 Abbott, Pr. 380; 88 Me. 122;…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
W. L. Payne lived in Argenta, and was in charge of the postoffice there as a sub-station of the Little Rock office. His family consisted of his wife and her daughter, Mrs. James T. Wilson. Payne had been married to the mother of Mrs. Wilson about 25 years, and she had lived in the family much of her life, and the evidence establishes his affection for her was that of a father for a daughter. He had two sisters living in Massachusetts. Pie had not seen them for many years, but retained affectionate relations with them, and at one time evidently intended to make a testamentary provision for an…
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