Taylor v. Taylor

Decision in these cases turns upon whether there was a fully consummated gift by the plaintiff’s decedent to the defendants of certain sums of money which were removed from a safe deposit box by defendant Norvert Taylor under the circumstances hereinafter detailed. Plaintiff, as the administratrix of the estate of Robert Taylor, deceased, in the respective bills of complaint seeks recovery on the theory that such a gift was not consummated. After hearing upon the merits, the circuit judge held against plaintiff’s contention and entered decree dismissing the bills of complaint. In each case…