AYERS v. PETRO

No. 53181.

417 So.2d 912 (1982)

Carol S. AYERS and Richard J. Ayers v. J. Michael PETRO.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Quin, Gulfport, for appellants.

Herbert W. Wilson, Gulfport, for appellee.

Before SUGG, P.J., and ROY NOBLE LEE and DAN M. LEE, JJ.


SUGG, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

The principal question in this case is whether a deed to a husband and wife conveying the property to them, "as joint tenants, not as tenants in common, but with the right of survivorship in each upon the death of either," created a joint tenancy or a tenancy by entirety.

This appeal is from a decision of the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County, Honorable Jason Floyd, Jr. presiding, granting...

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