Olive v. Olive

YOUNG, Justice.

The suit below was by appellee, independent executor of the estate of Eunice Olive, against John D. Olive, Sr., for recovery of $4,005.04 on behalf of the estate; defendant claiming that the money was a gift from decedent during her lifetime. On hearing, the claim of gift was rejected and judgment rendered in favor of the executor for above.amount, from which final order this appeal has been seasonably undertaken.

The parties hereto (appellant and appel-lee) were nephews of Miss Olive, decedent, a feme sole having never been married, who died July 22, 1949. She was a trained…