Williams v. Smith
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Circuit Court. Hance N. Hutton, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT, The appellee as administrator of the estate of Martha Teer, who was the deceased wife of Manuel Teer, of whose will the appellants were executors, presented to the probate court, for allowance against the estate of Manuel Teer, a claim in favor of Martha Teer for $700, which was allowed by the probate court. The executors of the will of Manuel.
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Appeal from White Circuit Court. Hance N. Hutton, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT, The appellee as administrator of the estate of Martha Teer, who was the deceased wife of Manuel Teer, of whose will the appellants were executors, presented to the probate court, for allowance against the estate of Manuel Teer, a claim in favor of Martha Teer for $700, which was allowed by the probate court. The executors of the will of Manuel. Teer appealed to the circuit court, where the cause was submitted to the court sitting as a-jury. The court found for the appellee, the administrator of Martha Teer, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The evidence in this ease seems to us to clearly show that Manuel Teer made to his wife, Martha Teer, a gift of $700 in their lifetime, and that she was informed of it and accepted it. The money was delivered to J. E. & W. H. Lightle, with whom she had an account, by her husband, who had the amount placed to her credit. What more could be required to constitute a valid gift from a husband to his wife ? The delivery an d the gif t of the money were complete, and could not be revoked. “If the gift be intended in presentí, and be accompanied with such…
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