KIPP v. CHIPS ESTATE

No. 97-279.

732 A.2d 127 (1999)

June KIPP v. Ervin W. CHIPS ESTATE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

February 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lance C. Shader, Brattleboro, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard M. Gale of Gale & Corum, Brattleboro, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present AMESTOY, C.J., and DOOLEY, MORSE, JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ.


DOOLEY, J.

This dispute over the language in a deed requires us to decide whether the co-owners of a parcel of land in Newfane held the property as joint tenants with a right of survivorship so that the death of a co-owner extinguished the interest of his heirs in the realty. Concluding that the deed created a tenancy in common, the superior court awarded an undivided one-half interest to defendant, the estate of co-owner Ervin W. Chips. Plaintiff and co-owner June...

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