Gambill v. Hogan

Lida Bell G-ambill, as administratrix of the estate of Mrs. Julia Butcher, instituted this suit to recover the sum $5,990 alleged to he due the intestate’s estate from the defendant Mrs. Achsa G. Hogan. The case was twice tried before the Chancellor and a jury on issues formulated to determine whether, as she claims, the defendant is entitled to retain the sum sued for as a gift causa mortis.

At the close of all the evidence at the first trial the .administratrix moved the Court to withdraw the issues of fact from the jury and decree in her favor on the ground there was no evidence of the…