Burmeister v. Richman

John P. Stroud, Jr., Chief Judge.

In this case from Benton County, appellee petitioned the trial court to set aside a deed that she had executed to herself and appellants as joint tenants with the right of survivorship. She claimed that the deed should be set aside because appellants repudiated an agreement that, upon her death, they would sell the property and give the proceeds to the Humane Society. The court granted appellee’s petition, finding that, because she had continued to live on the property and pay taxes thereon after executing the deed, the deed was never delivered to appellants.…