Mashburn v. Wright

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Arthur Wright brought suit against Carolyn Mashburn, as executor of the estate of Charlie V. Wright, to recover $55,621.42, the amount of a redeemed certificate of deposit that Wright alleged had been gifted to him by the decedent. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Arthur Wright, and Mashburn appeals.

The evidence established that appellant’s decedent (hereinafter “Wright”) learned in the fall of 1989 that he had cancer. Wright’s wife and only child had predeceased him; appellee was his sole surviving sibling. A year earlier he had executed his will, leaving his…