Bank of Adel v. Hutchinson

1. A donatio causa moi’tis, to be effective, must be made during the last illness of the donor or. at a time when the donor is in ■ peril of death; it must be intended to be absolute only in the event of death, and to perfect it there must be an actual or symbolic delivery. Civil Code, § 4154.

2. Mrs. Harter, the intestate of the plaintiff, having a time certificate of deposit in a bank, dated February 27, 1912, caused to be written on the certificate: “It is understood and agreed this deposit to go to Elmore Hutchinson and Henry Hutchinson, each an equal share, to be paid to them at the ages…