Estate of Freedland Klapp v. Beverly Hall Foundation

Among the items in the possession of William C. Freedland at the time of his death were United States Treasury Bonds, series H, registered to “William C. Freedland, P.O.D. Beverly Hall Foundation”. The administrator of Freed-land’s estate cashed the bonds and petitioned in Genesee County Probate Court for an order authorizing inclusion of the proceeds in the inventory of the estate. The Beverly Hall Foundation filed an objection thereto, claiming its ownership of the bonds by virtue of the registration.

On November 13, 1968, the probate court denied the administrator’s petition and…