Doran v. Nally

1. The judge did not err in finding and ruling that, when the plaintiff and her joint tenant signed the deed of conveyance and caused it to be placed in the hands of a New Hampshire lawyer who simultaneously represented the sellers, the buyers, and the bank which was to make the mortgage loan to the buyers, no delivery had yet been made to the buyers and that it was implicit that the deed would not be delivered to the buyers until they had executed the mortgage note and delivered the balance of the purchase price. The mere execution of the deed did not sever the cotenancy. Sondheim v. Fenton,…