Case Name: WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, Administrator, etc., of CATHARINE TAYLOR, Deceased, Respondent, v. JAMES H. KELLY, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1875-06
Citations: 12 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 115
Docket Number: 
Parties: WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, Administrator, etc., of CATHARINE TAYLOR, Deceased, Respondent, v. JAMES H. KELLY, Appellant.
Judges: Present' — -Mullin, P. J., Shith and Gilbeet, JJ.
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 12
Pages: 115–115

Head Matter:
WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, Administrator, etc., of CATHARINE TAYLOR, Deceased, Respondent, v. JAMES H. KELLY, Appellant.
Gift— manual delivery not necessary.
To constitute a gift a manual delivery of the thing given is not necessary. A delivery to a third person as trustee or bailee of the donee, is sufficient to pass the title, and the donor may, by an apt declaration to that effect, convert himself into a trustee for the donee.
Gray v. Barton (55 N. Y., 72) followed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Livingston County Court, in favor of the plaintiff, in an action brought for the conversion by defendant of a cow and calf, the property of the plaintiff.
-, for appellant. J. B. Adams, for respondent.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Gilbeet, J.
Present' — -Mullin, P. J., Shith and Gilbeet, JJ.
Judgment reversed and a new trial granted.