It even applies where the donee becomes an administrator on the intestacy of the donor: Re James [1935] Ch 449). Walton J doubted this in Re Gonin [1979] Ch 16 because the donor has no responsibility for making the donee becoming administrator of his estate, so that Strong v Bird would have been decided differently if the defendant had been an administrator and not the executor appointed by the testator,but his remarks were obiter because he found no continuing intention to give a house to the plaintiff.