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transfer by gift

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From 288 U.S. 280 - Burnet v. Guggenheim · 1933Most cited · 646 citing opinions

The statute is not aimed at every transfer of the legal title without consideration. It is aimed at transfers of the title that have the quality of a gift, and a gift is not consummate until put beyond recall.