COLQUHOUN (ELIZ.) EST. v. COLQUHOUN (ROBT.) EST.


88 N.J. 558 (1982)

443 A.2d 1045

ESTATE OF ELIZABETH COLQUHOUN, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. ESTATE OF ROBERT G. COLQUHOUN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND ROBERT F. COLQUHOUN, DEFENDANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Larkin argued the cause for appellant.

Stanley W. Kallmann argued the cause for respondent (Gennet and Kallmann, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by SCHREIBER, J.

This case involves the status of a mortgage on real property owned by tenants by the entirety. The precise issue is what, if anything, is owed and by whom when one of the tenants receives the mortgage as a gift and subsequently dies.

On August 16, 1973, Robert G. Colquhoun and his wife, Elizabeth, purchased a house at 39 Oak Ridge Road, Basking Ridge, for $51,000. They moved into the home and continued...

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