Brown v. Niethammer

Citations

• 141 Pa. 114
• 27 W.N.C. 559
• 21 A. 521
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 1048

Syllabus

<p>[To be reported.]</p> <p>(a) In 1883,* a married woman, upon her death-bed and in the absence of her husband, made a gift to her mother of her furniture then in the possession of the donor’s father, at the same time giving certain other chattels to a sister. After her death, her husband was informed of these gifts, by the sister, whereupon he said, “All right; I am satisfied : ”</p> <p>1. In an action brought four years afterward by the surviving husband, as administrator of the deceased donor, to recover the value of the furniture, it was not error to charge that if the plaintiff’s assent was understandingly given, and the donee was informed of it and acted upon it by taking possession of the furniture, she would have a good title thereto.</p>