Carey v. Jackson

The central issue presented by this appeal is whether written gift agreements purporting to transfer certain items of personal property from mother to daughter are sufficient in themselves to constitute a valid gift inter vivos where there was no manual delivery of the items of personal property. Upon a special verdict of the jury which found that Bernice Jackson did not give the items listed in the gift agreements to her daughter, Genevieve B. Carey, the plaintiff-appellant in this case, the district court entered judgment denying the appellants claim for relief.