Hinchliffe v. Kastner

Plaintiff, as Executor of the estate of Elizabeth Colletta Inchcliffe deceased, seeks to recover possession of a savings bank book from defendant, Mrs. Margaret Kastner, who, in her counterclaim, seeks a declaration that the book is her property by way of gift causa mortis from the decedent.

The decedent entered St. Joseph's Hospital on September 15, 1944, and remained there until her death on January 4, 1945. The death certificate states that she died of cancer of the left breast, cardiac collapse and bilateral bronchial pneumonia. Shortly after the decedent's admission to the hospital the…