Hodge v. Conley
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
WASSERSTROM, Judge.
By this suit for partition, plaintiff seeks a sale of certain real estate and the distribution to her as a tenant in common of one-fourth of the proceeds. Defendant Orel E. Conley resists on the theory that he is owner of the entire title as the surviving tenant *328by the entirety. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found for defendant Orel. Plaintiff appeals.
Title, to the extent here pertinent, originated by a warranty deed from Velva Boyd to Orel Edmund Conley and Ora Elizabeth Conley dated February 3, 1967. That deed designated the grantees Orel and Ora as “husband…
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