Hafer v. McKelvey

Citations

• 23 Pa. Super. 202
• 1903 Pa. Super. LEXIS 40

Syllabus

<p>Gift— Gift inter vivos — Delivery.</p> <p>To make a valid gift there must be not only an intention to make it, but to do so at the time, and not in the future, and it must be accompanied by an actual or constructive delivery to the donee by which the donor releases all dominion over the property and invests the-donee with full title to and control over the same.</p> <p>Where a boarder who has only been acquainted with his boarding house keeper for eighteen days, after paying her in full for his board, gives to her a promissory note saying that if he does not come back it is hers, and shortly thereafter dies intestate and unmarried, the boarding house keeper cannot retain the note as against the administrator of the deceased.</p> <p>Practice, 0. P. — Case stated — Pending action.</p> <p>There must be a pending action upon which to base a case stated.</p>