Griffin v. Louisville Trust Co.

Reversing.

In a suit to settle the estate of William Mann, deceased, Mrs. Carrie Griffin filed answer, counter-claim and cross-petition wherein she sought to recover from Mr. Mann’s executor, The Louisville Trust Company, $6000 on a check decedent executed to her on Oct. 30, 1945, which the Bank refused to pay on account of lack of funds when the check was presented for payment bn Oct. 31, 1945. The commissioner in an exhaustive report found against Mrs. Griffin on the ground that the check was not given for a consideration, nor was it a completed gift since it was not cashed during Mann’s…