Knight v. Knight
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtHopkies, J.
The action is in partition. The plaintiffs are the children of the defendant. They claim to be tenants in common with the defendant in the one-family home acquired in 1947 by the defendant and their mother, now deceased, as tenants by the entirety. Their interests are alleged to have arisen in their capacity as distributees of the estate of their mother, who died intestate.
If no more' were contained in the complaint, it would have to be dismissed as insufficient. On the death of one tenant by the entirety, the other becomes the sole owner of the property through the original grant (Hiles v.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Loomis v. LoomisNew York Court of Appeals · 1942
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