Hassell v. Basket
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
This was a bill in chancery brought by Milas J. Hassell as administrator of Hillery M. Chaney, deceased, to recover from the defendant, Martin Basket, possession of a certificate of deposit, which had belonged to Chaney before his decease, and which the defendant claimed as donatio causa mortis.
1Opinion of the Court
GRESHAM, District Judge.
The bill in this case alleges that Hillery M. Chaney, a citizen of Sumner county, Tennessee, on the 8th day of September, 1875, deposited in the Evansville National Bank, at Evansville, Indiana, $23,514.70, taking a certificate of deposit therefor; that in January, 1876, said Chaney suddenly died, and the plaintiff was appointed his administrator; that the defendant, Martin Basket, who was a nephew of Chaney, by a fraudulent combination with one Bryan, whose wife was a niece of Chaney, obtained .possession of the certificate of deposit and refused to surrender the same…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Basket v. HassellSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Nicholas v. AdamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
- Meach v. MeachSupreme Court of Vermont · 1852
- Hanson v. MillettSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1867