GERMAINE v. DELAINE

SC 1140.

318 So.2d 681 (1975)

Carolyn GERMAINE et al. v. L. L. DELAINE et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atchley, Atchley & Cox, Chattanooga, Tenn., Erskine R. Lindsey and Hogan, Smith & Alspaugh, Birmingham, for appellants.

Grady W. Agee, Henry L. Klein, Memphis, Tenn., Pruitt & Pruitt and W. Roscoe Johnson, III, Livingston, Powell Lipscomb, Bessemer, for appellees.


FAULKNER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Sumter County, holding that an instrument between Sadie T. Phelps and Mary E. Hill, on 13 February, 1963, created a joint tenancy with right of survivorship. We affirm.

Because the construction of the deed is the principal issue, we show it in its entirety:

"STATE OF ALABAMA | } COUNTY OF SUMTER |

"KNOW ALL MEN...

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