Brassell's Estate

Citations

• 63 Pa. Super. 545
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 209

Syllabus

<p>Decedents’ estates — Decedent’s deht — Beneficial associations — Designation of heneficiary — Gift inter vivos.</p> <p>Where a brother indebted to his sister in the sum of $1,600 confesses a judgment to her for that amount, and also designates her as a heneficiary in a certificate of membership of a beneficial association for $2,000, and hands her the certificate, telling her to put it away carefully, and by his will directs that the $1,600 borrowed money shall be paid out of the proceeds of his real estate, and the beneficial association after the member’s death pays the benefit to the sister, the Orphans’ Court commits no error in finding that the transfer of the certificate was a gift inter vivos, and that the debt due to the sister was payable out of the estate.</p>