Crenshaw v. Crenshaw

Lewis Crenshaw sought a judgment declaring that his father, F.W. Crenshaw (the decedent), did not make a valid inter vivos gift of certain personal property to the defendant, Fred W. Crenshaw. The trial court entered such a judgment. Fred W. Crenshaw appealed. The appeal presents three issues: (1) whether the testimony of the decedent's attorney and the attorney's secretary was properly excluded as subject to the attorney-client privilege; (2) whether the testimony of witness Betty Crenshaw Hendricks was inadmissible under the Dead Man's Statute or was privileged under the attorney-client…