Vonville v. Dexter

This appeal raises the question of whether a trustee in bankruptcy is entitled to the interest of a bankrupt husband in real estate owned as tenants by entireties. (Hereinafter when the term “appellee” is used it will refer to appellee Dexter. The appellants will be referred to individually as husband and wife.)

The facts out of which this action arose, as shown by the record, may be summarized as follows: Appellants were married in 1923. At the time of their marriage the wife had $1,000 of her own money. She applied this money to the purchase of a home in Illinois. Title to this property was…