Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum:
The trial court properly permitted respondent Carl Smith to testify about a conversation with the deceased in which she told him that she intended to give respondent Joanne Smith a gift of funds from a savings account. The testimony was not barred by the Dead Man's Statute because there was no showing that Mr. Smith was "a person interested in the event" (CPLR 4519). A spouse of an interested party is...
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