Legal Opinion

Branstetter v. Branstetter

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided June 6, 1978No. 7728DC616PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRITT, Judge.

Defendant contends that she is entitled to an accounting for improvements she made to the property after execution of the separation agreement which granted her the exclusive right of occupancy. She argues that the separation agreement was a contract which altered the interest in the property that she and plaintiff owned as tenants by the entirety; that she had a legal right to present her claim for an accounting in the form of a counterclaim to the divorce action; and that even if the contract did not alter the character of the tenancy by the entireties property, she was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Davis v. . BassSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
  2. Wall v. WallCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1975
  3. Council v. PittSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Asker v. AskerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
  2. Williams v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1984
  3. Kirstein v. KirsteinCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1983

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