Huskins v. Huskins

HORTON, Judge.

The issues in this case are whether: (I) mailing the combination to the safe constituted a completed gift of the contents of the safe to Mrs. Huskins; (II) the check mailed to Scott was a completed gift to Mrs. Huskins; and (III) the cash found on decedent’s body was a “personal effect” and passed to Mrs. Huskins under decedent’s will.

I

Defendants argue that decedent’s act of mailing the combination to the safe was not a gift of the contents of the safe to Mrs. Huskins because the cash in the safe was never actually or constructively delivered to Mrs. Huskins; the letter mailed…