Estate of Lindhorst v. Werner

* Headnote 1. Gifts, 28 C.J., Section 11; Wills, 40 Cyc., p. 1091; 2. Gifts, 28 C.J., Sections 23, 24, 30, 35; 3. Wills, 40 Cyc., pp. 1085, 1090. This action involves the title to two promissory notes. The notes were made payable to the decedent, Margaretha Lindhorst. One of the notes was executed by her son, Edward Lindhorst, for $400, and the other by her daughter, Emma Werner, for $253. On October 10, 1921, the decedent delivered these notes to the Lemay Ferry Bank. At the time of such delivery the notes were endorsed in the handwriting of the decedent, as follows:

"Pay to the order of Emma…