Hilterbrand v. Carter

Plaintiffs brought this action to determine their interest in real property. The trial court held that plaintiffs’ action was timely, that the grantor had conveyed her land to herself and plaintiffs as joint tenants with the right of survi-vorship, and that the grantor could not later unilaterally revoke the contingent remainder that she had given plaintiffs. Defendants appeal. We affirm.

This case arises out of a dispute over a parcel of real property that Irene Stanfield (mother) owned and operated as a mobile home park. In 1976, two of mother’s children, Beverly Holbrook and Durene…