B-206339: Jan 17, 1983

OTHER 12 WERE UNENDORSED. CHECKS WERE FOUND AMONG PERSONAL EFFECTS OF PAYEE'S NEPHEW. WHO WAS NOT A LEGATEE UNDER PAYEE'S WILL AND WHO DIED IN 1979. CLAIMANTS ARE HEIRS OF NEPHEW. 1983: THIS IS A CLAIM FOR THE PROCEEDS OF 13 TREASURY CHECKS ISSUED IN 1936 AND 1937. THE CLAIMANTS ALLEGE THAT THE CHECKS WERE A GIFT FROM THE PAYEE TO HIS NEPHEW AND THAT THE NEPHEW SUBSEQUENTLY DIED AND LEFT THE CHECK...

B-206339: Jan 17, 1983

The residuary legatees of the estate of the nephew of a deceased gold dealer filed a claim for the proceeds of 13 Treasury checks. The claimants alleged that the checks were a gift from the deceased payee to his nephew and that the nephew left the checks to them upon his death. The question before GAO was whether the named payee transferred or delivered the checks to his nephew with the intent to...