Dial v. Dial

This case involves a dispute between a son and his stepmother (his father's widow) over the validity of a $50,000 blank check the son says was signed and given to him by the deceased father in April 1986, but which the son did not cash until shortly before the father's death in February 1990. A jury, after having been instructed on the law relating to inter vivos gifts, found in favor of the son. The trial court granted the widow a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The son appeals. We reverse and remand.

Robert Jeff Dial, now deceased, had 14 children, including the appellant, Eddie T.…