Mellor v. O'Connor

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

In this appeal we address for the first time whether a surviving joint tenant who has become the sole owner of property is entitled to contribution from a deceased joint tenant’s estate for payment of a jointly executed promissory note secured by a mortgage on the property. The surviving joint tenant, Colleen E. Mellor (plaintiff) has appealed from a Superior Court order granting judgment as a matter of law in favor of the defendants, Carleen M. O’Connor and Lisa S. O’Connor, in their combined capacity as coexecutrices of the estate of Robert F. O’Connor (decedent).…