ESTATE OF ROHDE


8 Wis.2d 50 (1959)

ESTATE OF ROHDE: Rohde, Appellant, v. SKOMSKI, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 6, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Curley & Sheedy, attorneys, and William P. McGovern of counsel, and oral argument by Michael J. Barron and Francis H. Reiske, all of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Thomas J. Bergen of Milwaukee.


BROADFOOT, J.

As a general rule, a transfer of property from a parent to a child without explanatory words creates a presumption that the transfer was intended as a gift. The presumption, of course, may be rebutted. The trial court recognized this rule and held that the presumption had been rebutted by proof that the daughter had made payments of $740.18 by making deposits in two savings accounts in the mother's name. Perhaps that fact, considering the amounts involved...

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