GALLAGHER v. McCARTHY

No. 85-148.

532 A.2d 557 (1987)

Robert C. GALLAGHER v. Alice C. McCARTHY, Claire Ellen Hemingway, Norris P. Gallagher, Clarence G. Gallagher, Ruth Boyce Jones and Jean G. MacDonald.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jess T. Schwidde, Law Office of George E. Rice, Jr., Montpelier, for plaintiff-appellant.

Young, Monte & Lyford, Northfield, for defendants-appellees.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and HILL, PECK, GIBSON and HAYES, JJ.


PECK, Justice.

This case involves a dispute among siblings regarding title to certain real estate following the death of their mother. In the proceedings below, plaintiff asserted ownership of the entire property on the basis of an oral agreement and a deed executed in 1950, which gave him a joint tenancy with the parties' parents. Defendants countered with a deed executed by their widowed mother in 1982, transferring her halfinterest in the property to defendants...

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