SMITH v. STEWART

No. CA 79-40.

596 S.W.2d 346 (1980)

Dessie K. SMITH, Administratrix of the Estate of Carolyn Shaw, Deceased, and Wesley Shaw, Jr., Appellants, v. Ada STEWART, Administratrix of the Estate of Wesley Shaw, Sr., and Dixie Mae Shaw, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1980.

Released for Publication April 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jewell Brown, Little Rock, for appellants.

Charles A. Brown, Little Rock, for appellees.


Released for Publication by the Court of Appeals April 9, 1980.

NEWBERN, Judge.

In this case we hold deeds to "Wesley Shaw and Dixie Shaw, his wife" created no right of survivorship, which would have existed in a tenancy by the entireties, as the persons named as grantees were not married, and no words otherwise expressed a right of survivorship.

The appellees have raised a point whether the appellant Wesley Shaw, Jr., and the appellant Smith's decedent...

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