Caple, Admr. v. Crane

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WILLIAMS, J.

An action was brought in the court of common pleas by Alva B. Caple, as administrator of the estate of William A. Crane, deceased, in which he sought to recover possession of certain Liberty Bonds and the value of certain bonds and cash, all of which it was claimed belonged to the deceased a„ the time of his death. One of the defendants below Rosebelle Crane, the wife of a second cousin of the decedent, claimed that she received all the property in question as a gift inter vivos from the decedent. The other defendant below, The Commerce Guardian Trust & Savings Bank,…