Case Name: In the Matter of the Accounting of Anna Schenna, as Administratrix of the Estate of John Schenna, Sr., Deceased, Respondent. John Schenna, Jr., et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1959-06-08
Citations: 8 A.D.2d 823
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Accounting of Anna Schenna, as Administratrix of the Estate of John Schenna, Sr., Deceased, Respondent. John Schenna, Jr., et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 823–823

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Accounting of Anna Schenna, as Administratrix of the Estate of John Schenna, Sr., Deceased, Respondent. John Schenna, Jr., et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate's Court, Queens County, settling the account of respondent, an administratrix, and dismissing appellants' objection to the failure of respondent to account for $10,000 received by her from the decedent prior to his death. Decree unanimously affirmed, with costs. On the record presented, respondent sustained the burden of establishing a gift inter vivas by a fair preponderance of the evidence. (Cf. Matter of Jennings, 259 App. Div. 822, affd. 283 N. Y. 677; Matter of Kive, 139 Misc. 273; Matter of Massey, 143 Misc. 794; Matter of Braun, 194 Misc. 791.) Present — Nolan, P. J., Beldoek, Murphy, Ughetta and Hallinan, JJ.