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paper, as hereinafter explained. Some cumber- 

 some articles, incapable perhaps of immediate 

 manual delivery, may be delivered by giving 

 over to the donee as full possession and control 

 of them as is possible: as in the gift of a stack 

 of hay, or a corn crop as it stands, etc. If the 

 donee is already in full possession, no further 

 delivery is necessary. Generally speaking, a 

 gift of a note, check or stock certificate prop- 

 erly endorsed, transfers title to what it represents 

 and all rights thereunder, but delivery of the 

 paper is generally essential. 



To make a gift of a savings bank deposit, it 

 is best to withdraw the same and make a deposit 

 in the name of the donee; or have the bank 

 transfer the account to the name of the donee; 

 but it may be done by delivery of the book with 

 or without check or written assignment. 



A gift made in contemplation of the death of 

 the giver is called donatio causa mortis; these 

 gifts are only made in the immediate apprehen- 

 sion of death, and are subject to the implied 

 conditions that if the giver should not die of that 

 sickness, or if the donee should die first, or 

 if the giver should revoke the gift before death, 

 then the gift would be void. This form of a 

 gift is very frequently adopted when a person 

 desires to dispose of his property during his life- 

 time and not trust it to administration after his 



