Fife v. Beck

On this appeal complainant advances three errors which he claims are prejudicial to him:

1. Refusal of the trial court to permit the complainant to cross-examine the respondents.

2. Failure to place the burden on the respondents of proving the claimed inter vivos gift by clear and convincing evidence.

3. Refusal of the trial court to admit in evidence decedent’s personal property tax returns filed by him with the county auditor in the years subsequent to the claimed gifts to Mildred A. Beck.

Section 2109.50, Revised Code, reads in part as follows:

“Upon complaint made to the Probate Court or to…