Combs v. Combs

The determinative question here is whether or not the deed from Mary L. Sullivan and husband C. E. Sullivan to J. E. Combs and wife Dora Combs vested in the grantees an estate by the entireties. If so, petitioner Claudia W. Combs was a tenant in common with J. Rodney Combs at the time of the institution of this proceeding. If not, petitioner owned no interest in the 90.5-acre tract described in her petition.

*465It is noted at the outset that the deed from the Sullivans to J. E. Combs and wife Dora Combs and the deed from J. E. Combs and wife Dora to the Sullivans were dated, executed and filed…