MAHONEY v. LEDDY

No. 354.

223 A.2d 456 (1966)

James P. MAHONEY, Special Administrator of the Estate of Theodora A. Peck v. Bernard J. LEDDY, Administrator of the Estate of Teresa C. Egan.

Supreme Court of Vermont. Chittenden.

October 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Black, Wilson & Hoff, Burlington, for plaintiff.

McNamara & Larrow, Burlington, for defendant.

Before HOLDEN, C. J., and SHANGRAW, BARNEY, SMITH and KEYSER, JJ.


BARNEY, Justice.

Miss Peck, a well-to-do spinster, and her long-time companion-housekeeper, Miss Egan, attempted to dispose of certain property interests between them during their lifetime. The consequence was the one thing they presumably sought to avoid, litigation between their estates. Thirty-six shares of American Telephone and Telegraph common stock, transferred in 1945 to the name of Miss Egan, have now become a substantial...

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