MacLennan v. MacLennan

Following the decision in this case reported in 311 Mass. 709, there was a hearing on the petition and the counterclaim, both of which sought an adjudication of the ownership of certain stock certificates, standing in the name of "Angus D. MacLennan and Mary R. MacLennan as joint tenants with the right of survivorship and not as tenants in common.” A final decree was entered which stated that the recording of the name of the petitioner "as a joint tenant with the right of survivorship . . . was not an outright gift or advancement or transfer of title,” and that the said securities are the…