Lewis v. Burke

This case comes to us on transfer, from the Appellate Court. (See 214 N. E. 2d 186 for opinion of Appellate Court.)

The petition to transfer is now granted.

This is an appeal from denial of a petition of the appellant against the estate of Grace L. Copeland, deceased, in which the appellant claims ownership of household goods and furnishings located in the decedent’s home in Vevay, Indiana. The claim is made by virtue of an alleged gift the decedent made prior to her death.

The appellee first contends that the petition filed for recovery of the specific property was not in proper form since the…