Ordered that the order and decree is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs payable to the respondents-respondents by the appellant personally.
The appellant erroneously contends that a letter dated February 12, 1986, written by the decedent directing his bank to "put at the disposition" of the appellant the sum of $125,000 "in case [he] died unexpectently [sic]" was a gift. The letter did not constitute a gift to the appellant because the decedent did...
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