International Packaging Corp. v. Marshall

This corporation’s replevin action has bestirred itself from the ashes of an executive suite romance, and among the erstwhile embers remain questions concerning the application of the “ Dead Man’s Statute ” and the necessity of a prior demand for return of the chattels before seizure in exercise of the provisional remedy.

The male partner to the affair, now deceased (“ decedent ”), was at all pertinent times prior to his death, the president of the corporate plaintiff (“ International ”). Defendant, the lady in the case, counterclaims that by way of gift she acquired ownership of some $7,500…