Camp's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal to the Superior Court from a decree of a probate court requiring the appellant to deliver up to the administi’ator of the estate of Nathan H. Camp, two savings bank books claimed to belong to the estate.
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Appeal to the Superior Court from a decree of a probate court requiring the appellant to deliver up to the administi’ator of the estate of Nathan H. Camp, two savings bank books claimed to belong to the estate. The following facts were agreed upon and found by the Superior Coui’t:— Nathan H. Camp, the intestate, in February, 1866, let the appellant have some money, and requested him to collect more money of Hubert Platt, which Platt owed him, and to take the whole of the same and deposit $400 of it in a savings bank in Bridgeport, and also to pay his, said Nathan’s, taxes. The appellant…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The facts agreed upon in this case indicate an unmistakeable intention on the part of Nathan H. Camp to give these bank books to the appellant. He attempted to carry that intention into immediate effect by delivering the books to the donee, but without any order for the pay*92ment of the money, or other writing indicative of such gift. It is not claimed that this is a donation causa mortis. The question is whether the transaction can operate as a. gift inter vivos. A gift inter vivos is complete when there is an intention to give, accompanied by a delivery of the thing given, and an acceptance…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brown v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1847
- Carpenter ex rel. Carlton v. DodgeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1848
3Cited by37 opinions
- Ridden v. . ThrallNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Whalen v. MilhollandCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1899
- Pierce v. Boston Five Cents Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Minor v. RogersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
- Crook v. First National Bank of BarabooWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
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