Mamalis v. Bornovas

112 N.H. 423 (1972)

THEODOSIOS MAMALIS, ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF LOUIS D. BORNOVAS, & a.

v.

JULIE BORNOVAS.

No. 6404.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

November 30, 1972.

James A. Connor, by brief and orally, for the plaintiff.

Broderick, Craig & Costakis (Mr. Arthur J. Costakis orally) for the defendant.

KENISON, C.J.

The primary issue presented by this case is whether a divorce decree incorporating a stipulation equally dividing the equity in a homestead between husband and wife severed their mutual rights of survivorship and thus transformed their joint tenancy into a tenancy in common. A secondary…