Legal Opinion

In re Estate of Burns

Ohio Court of Appeals

Decided July 11, 1935No. 485PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*149OPINION

By BODEY, J.

In the case of In re Estate of Hutchison, 120 Oh St, 542, the Supreme Court very definitely holds that joint tenancy with the incidental right of survivorship does not exist in Ohio. Hie court further holds, however, that parties may contract for a joint ownership with the right of survivorship and at the death of one of the joint owners, the survivor succeeds to the entire interest, not upon the principle of survivorship but by the operative provisions of their contract. Of course in the instant case there are no words of survivorship employed in the certificates of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Foraker, Exr. v. Kocks, Admx.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1931
  2. In re Estate of ShangleOhio Court of Appeals · 1930

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of VoegeliOhio Court of Appeals · 1959
  2. In re Estate of GreenOhio Court of Appeals · 1942

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