Jones v. Conwell

This appeal presents an issue of first impression in the Commonwealth: whether a joint tenancy with right of survivorship, as at common law, is subject to partition by a judgment lien creditor of one of the several joint tenants.

Arthur E. Jones, trading as Art Jones Travel Service (Jones), secured two separate judgments against Sam Conwell. The judgments were docketed in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County. Thereafter, the court which entered the judgments issued writs of fieri facias.

Jones then filed a bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County to compel partition of land…