Hill v. Hill

The ease arises on appeal from a decree in equity upholding a gift inter vivos of certain corporate stock by plaintiff’s testator (the donor) to the defendant, Paul S. Hill, Jr. (the donee). Delivery of the stock is not in dispute. The issue is: Was there error in finding the donor had the requisite intention to make a valid gift inter vivos ? The appeal is sustained.

The donor was the owner of one-half of the capital stock, or one hundred and fifty shares, of the Trull Hospital, a corporation. In 1941 he conferred with an attorney at law about the disposition of his estate. The attorney was…