Woods v. Sturges

Citations

• 116 Miss. 412
• 77 So. 186

Syllabus

<p>Rights. Promissory notes. Gifts inter vivos. Validity.</p> <p>Where a testator executed a demand note which was intended to evidence a mere gratuity, and delivered it to the payee, but such note was not in fact intended to be paid and was not paid before the maker’s death, such a note cannot be upheld as a gift inter vivos.</p>