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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Kathleen Baxter (Formerly Kathleen O’Neil), Appellant, v. Adeline T. Gillen, as Administratrix, etc., of Thomas Cullen, Deceased, Respondent.
    It is settled in New York that delivery of a savings bank book with the intent to pass title is a consummated gift. (Bidden v. Thrall, 125 N. Y. 572; 12 R. C. L. “ Gifts,” § 23.) This was not given on condition of a future marriage. (See Williamson v. Johnson, 9 L. R. A. 277; 62 Vt: 378.) Plaintiff was entitled to a finding of a gift consummated on March 19, 1916. The judgment is, therefore, reversed, with costs to the appellant, and directions to enter a decree for the plaintiff, with costs, upon findings to be settled in the order of reversal, on notice.
   Jenks, P. J., Thomas, Stapleton, Rich and Putnam, JJ., concurred.