New York Court of Appeals
Sarah E. Vincent, Respondent v. William H. Rix, Defendants, and Violet Putnam, Appellants; Sarah E…
May 1, 1928248 N.Y. 76
Summary
The Court affirmed the lower courts' judgments, holding that the widow, as a life tenant under her husband's will, lacked the power to devise or gift the residuary estate—both real and personal property—by will or gratuitous transfer, and that the attempted delivery of securities to her attorney did not constitute a valid gift.