Lincoln v. Wells

BLACKBIRD, Justice.

This case involves the purchase by Emmett Lincoln, plaintiff in error, and his Aunt Susie Freeman, now deceased, of an undivided one-half interest in a 40-acre tract of land situated in the vicinity of 81st and East Harvard Streets of the City of Tulsa. Long after the purchase, a controversy arose as to whether they had purchased the interest as tenants in common, or as joint tenants with right of survivorship.

The instrument of conveyance used in their acquisition of title to the reality, pursuant to purchase from one Ruth Kramps, a Colorado resident, was drafted on an…