Allen v. Schultheiss

RUIZ, Associate Judge:

Appellant filed a complaint to quiet title and for ejectment against appellees, who were in possession of a parcel of real property, claiming that she had a life interest in it pursuant to a deed. The trial judge granted appellees’ motion for summary judgment after determining that the deed purporting to grant appellant an interest in the property was void because, as a matter of law, a life estate cannot be held as a tenancy by the entirety. 1 We hold that a life estate may be held as a tenancy by the entirety. We reverse the grant of summary judgment and remand the…