Haasjes v. Woldring

The defendant appeals the finding of the trial court that two deeds, executed in 1949 in favor of the plaintiffs, effectively transferred title to the grantors’ house and adjacent lot.

The plaintiffs, Lois Haasjes and Dorothy Miles, are the granddaughters of the deceased grantors, John and Lottie Woldring, who on June 6, 1949, executed quitclaim deeds to this property, owned by them as tenants by the entireties, naming the plaintiffs as grantees. Lottie Woldring died in 1950, survived by her husband, John Woldring, who died in 1965.

The defendant, Lester Woldring, son of the grantors, was named…