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TRAVELERS INDEM. CO. v. ENGEL

No. 95-3062.

81 F.3d 711 (1996)

TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, Judgment Creditor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joel ENGEL, Judgment Debtor, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Kay, James T. Ferrini, Imelda Terrazino (argued), Harvey R. Herman, Mark E. Wilson, Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Alvin R. Becker, Howard A. London (argued), Beermann, Swerdlove, Woloshin, Barezky, Becker, Genin & London, Chicago, IL, Barry M. Rosenbloom, Rosenbloom & Rosenbloom, Ltd., Buffalo Grove, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, EASTERBROOK and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to interpret the Illinois Joint Tenancy Act, 765 ILCS 1005/0.01 et seq. The question presented is whether a conveyance purporting to create a tenancy by the entirety actually does so where it fails to expressly declare that the grantees are husband and wife, but where the grantees are in fact husband and wife. We affirm the district court's holding that the plain language of the statute requires the instrument to expressly...

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