Mohr v. Hampton

Frank Holt, Associate Justice.

The appellants brought this action to establish ownership of $16,418.00 in cash and securities in their uncle’s lock box by gift inter vivos or causa mortis. The Chancellor held that the decedent did not make a gift in either manner to the appellants. On appeal the appellants contend “that the proof substantiates a gift either inter vivos or causa mortis.”

The decedent, Fred Folks, was 67 years of age at the time of his death. His permanent residence was in Rector, Arkansas where he had resided in the home of his aunt, Mrs. Adelia Hampton, for many years. Folks…