Cooper v. Crabb

ROBERTSON, Justice,

for the Court:

I

Once again we see the sad spectacle of a family rent asunder, its members in bitter battle over a loved one’s modest estate, and to what sensible end? Here it is a grandmother against her six grandchildren; the deceased, the grandmother’s older sister. The grandmother claims under will substitutes, the survivorship clauses on three certificates of deposit. The grandchildren claim under the will, arguing that the funds represented by the CDs are a part of decedent’s estate.

The Chancery Court held for the grandchildren but on grounds that do not pass legal…