Giudici v. Lofaso

On March 12,1941, Luigi Giudici and Maria Giudice acquired certain real property in the county of Queens from the Manhattan Savings and Loan Association by deed of conveyance. The habendum and granting clauses contained the following identical language: “ does hereby grant and release unto the party of the second part, the survivor of them, their heirs and assigns forever.” The deed also contains the provision that the grantees are husband and wife in the following language: “ Luigi Giudici and Maria Giudice, his wife.”

Maria Giudice died on July 20, 1949, at Niagara Falls, New York; Luigi…