Torrey v. . Torrey

The conveyance of the defendant and O.D. Torrey to Dan Torrey and the plaintiff, his wife, is not set out in terms in the special verdict. It is probable, from the statement of the substance of it, that the estate was limited to the two grantees during their joint lives, with remainder to the survivor during his or her life. But if the conveyance is to the two and their representatives during the life of the last survivor, the effect is the same. Where land is conveyed to husband and wife, they do not take as joint tenants or as tenants in common; for, being considered as one person in law,…