Lyon v. Lyon

This is an action to quiet title to a parcel of property in Snohomish County. Plaintiff Richard Lyon claims that the property was conveyed as a gift to him and his brother Edward in joint tenancy and that Edward's recent death vested the whole in Richard. Defendant Margaret Lyon, Edward's wife, claims that Edward's separate interest in the property was, immediately upon vesting, conveyed to the community under the terms of an existing community property agreement between Margaret and Edward. This, Margaret argues, severed the joint tenancy.1 We hold that there was no conveyance to the…