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|date=April 1, 1898
|date=April 1, 1898
|subject=Property
|subject=Property
|facts=* Mr. Pelt = an outright house owner; a wealthy man in North Carolina in the late 1800s
* Mrs. Newman = the housekeeper of Mr. Pelt
* Pelt gave Newman a set of keys & announced his desire to bequeath everything in his house to her
* 1 of the keys was to a bureau in his house which contained a $3,000 life insurance policy
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|rule=''Donatio Causa Mortis''
|rule=''Donatio Causa Mortis''
|case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link
|case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link

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Newman v. Bost
Court North Carolina Supreme Court
Citation 29 S.E. 848, 122 N.C. 524
Date decided April 1, 1898

Facts

  • Mr. Pelt = an outright house owner; a wealthy man in North Carolina in the late 1800s
  • Mrs. Newman = the housekeeper of Mr. Pelt
  • Pelt gave Newman a set of keys & announced his desire to bequeath everything in his house to her
  • 1 of the keys was to a bureau in his house which contained a $3,000 life insurance policy

Rule

Donatio Causa Mortis

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