Case Name: Tearpoak v. Tearpoak, Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1925-07-09
Citations: 85 Pa. Super. 470
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 225
Parties: Tearpoak v. Tearpoak, Appellant.
Judges: Before Porter, Henderson, Trexler, Keller, Linn and Gawthrop, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 85
Pages: 470–473

Head Matter:
Tearpoak v. Tearpoak, Appellant.
Argued May 6,1925.
Before Porter, Henderson, Trexler, Keller, Linn and Gawthrop, JJ.
Hugh M. Stilley, and with him J. J. O’Donnell, for appellant.
The act of the depositor, coupled with the known intention to make a gift, sufficiently established title in the defendant: Hafer v. McKelvey, 23 Pa. Superior Ct. 202; Griffith’s Est., 1 Lackawanna L. N. 311; Rafferty v. Reilly, 41 R. I. 47.
Elder W. Marshall, of Duff, Marshall & Davis, and with him Isadore A. Bernstein, for appellee.
The delivery must be according to the nature of the subject, and the donor must in some form relinquish not only the possession but all dominion over it: Fross’ App., 105 Pa. 258; Reese v. Phila. Trust Co., 218 Pa. 150,156; Walsh’s App., 122 Pa. 177, 187; Flanagan v. Nash, 185 Pa. 41; Grady v. Sheehan, 256 Pa. 377.
July 9, 1925:

Opinion:
Per Curiam,
The opinion of President Judge Shaper, of the common pleas, filed upon sustaining the motion of the plaintiff for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, fully vindicates the conclusion reached. There may be added to the decisions therein cited, Reese v. Philadelphia Trust Co., 218 Pa. 150 and Grady v. Sheehan, 256 Pa. 377.
The judgment is affirmed.