PAPPAS v. PAPPAS

No. 41847.

177 N.W.2d 401 (1970)

Tom PAPPAS, a. k. a. Othanaslos Pappanagiotou, Plaintiff and Third-Party Defendant, Respondent, v. Elizabeth PAPPAS, individually, and as Admrx. of Estate of Nicholas Pappanagiotou, a. k. a. Nick Pappas, deceased, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, Appellant, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MONTEVIDEO, Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 10, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Gordon Wright, Oliver Wanglie, and Manly A. Zimmerman, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Harry H. Peterson, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard before NELSON, MURPHY, OTIS, SHERAN, and THEODORE B. KNUDSON, JJ.


OPINION

OTIS, Justice.

This is an action brought by a surviving joint tenant to exclude any interest claimed by the widow of the other joint tenant in property located in Hennepin County. The trial court granted the relief sought. The widow appeals. We affirm the court's finding that the surviving joint tenant is entitled to the fee, but reverse its finding that a 100-year lease has merged with the reversion.

The real estate in question consists...

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