Cordrey v. Cordrey

BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.

“[H]e did not believe in banks.” And so when the old man was hospitalized they found his life savings hidden in a box under his bed — 53 crisp one hundred dollar bills. Not long after that the patriarch died and a legal struggle for the money began between his estate (and in effect four sons) on the one hand and a fifth son and his wife on the other. The couple lost in the trial court and appeal claiming the court should have found that they were entitled to keep possession of the money because either the deceased gave it to his daughter-in-law shortly before he died, or the…