Legal Opinion
Darryl F. Bryant, Sr. v. Darryl F. Bryant, Jr.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 19, 2017No. M2014-02379-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · KirbyHolly Kirby, J.
in which Jeffrey S. Bivins, C.J., and Cornelia A. Clark and Roger A. Page, JJ, joined. Sharon G. Lee, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
We granted permission to appeal in this case to address whether a'joint tenancy with an express right of survivorship can be severed by the unilateral actions of one of the co-tenants. The owner of the property at issue in this appeal executed a deed conveying the property to herself and to her son in a joint tenancy with right of survivorship. The same grantor later executed a quitclaim deed granting her interest in the property to her grandson (the…
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