Streeper, Admr. v. Myers

It is a well settled principle of law that the requisites of a valid gift inler vivos are an intent on the part of the donor to make an immediate gift of property and a delivery thereof to the donee, or to a third person as trustee for the donee, with reJinquishment of all dominion and control over the property by the donor. Worthington, Admr., v. Redkey, Exr., 86 Ohio St., 128, pages 134 and 135, 99 N. E., 211; Bolles v. Toledo Trust Co., 132 Ohio St., 21, 4 N. E. (2d), 917.

Acceptance by the donee of a gift beneficial in character will be presumed, and this presumption prevails where the…