Dunn v. Poirot

It was not disputed that the plaintiff’s intestate delivered possession of all her real and personal property to the defendant with the intention that with the possession the title should immediately pass. As to personal property all the external features of a gift inter vivos appeared in the admitted transaction. Organized Charities Asso. v. Mansfield, 82 Conn. 504, 74 Atl. 781. There was therefore no occasion to charge the jury concerning any act that might be necessary to make a gift effective. The first, second, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh assignments of…