Martha M. Petri, Administratrix, Etc. v. Minnie Rhein

FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.

Leo F. Petri, now deceased, supplied his niece, defendant here, with financial aid from the time her father died in 1908 until sometime in 1948, when Petri mar ried. The plaintiff, Martha M. Petri, ad-ministratrix with the will annexed of the Estate of Leo F. Petri, brought the action below for declaratory judgment as to the ownership of shares of corporate stock, in Minnie Rhein’s possession. There are two main blocks of stock involved: (1) shares originally owned by Leo F. Petri and transferred July 31, 1948 and March 17, 1950 by him to Rhein and himself as joint…