Estate of Connie S. Bligh

OPINION

BEN H. CANTRELL, Presiding Judge, M.S.

This is an action by the executor of an estate to collect two loans made by the decedent to the defendant and to recover the funds represented by a certificate of deposit withdrawn by the defendant before the decedent’s death. The Probate Court of Davidson County held that the loans had been repaid and that the certificate of deposit represented a gift to the defendant. We affirm.

I

The decedent, Connie Bligh, and Lurana Snider were friends. Ms. Bligh lived alone in a large house on West End Avenue in Nashville. Ms. Snider frequently visited Ms.…