Dixon v. Lindseth

Petitioner appeals from an order approving, over his objections, the respondent personal representative’s final accounting and proposed distribution of the assets of decedent’s estate. Petitioner’s objections were: (1) that an inter vivos transfer of $3,000 by decedent to her grandson, Lloyd, constituted an ademption by satisfaction, by virtue of which Lloyd is entitled to nothing under the residuary clause of the will, and (2) that a long-term bank note, purchased by decedent’s guardian prior to her death with proceeds from the sale of her house, should pass under the will as a "cash” asset.…