Case Name: Gertrude E. Vail, as Executrix, etc., of Mary E. Auwell, Deceased, Respondent, v. Cecile J. Widner, Appellant, and Another, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1926-12
Citations: 218 A.D. 859
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gertrude E. Vail, as Executrix, etc., of Mary E. Auwell, Deceased, Respondent, v. Cecile J. Widner, Appellant, and Another, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 218
Pages: 859–859

Head Matter:
Gertrude E. Vail, as Executrix, etc., of Mary E. Auwell, Deceased, Respondent, v. Cecile J. Widner, Appellant, and Another, Defendant.

Opinion:
Judgment and orders reverseduupon the law and the facts, and a new trial granted, costs to abide the event. We are of opinion that, upon the face of plaintiff's Exhibit 7, title to the fund in question was apparently in defendant, appellant, and that this was not overcome by the evidence adduced. We are also of opinion that, under authority of Kings County Trust Co. v. Hyams (242 N. Y. 405), it was error not to permit defendant to testify to the conversation had with her mother, the decedent, when she was requested by the latter to sign said exhibit. Jayeox, Manning, Kapper and Lazansky, JJ., concur; Kelly, P. J., dissents and votes to affirm.