McManus v. Summers

We shall here hold that under the facts and circumstances of this case a conveyance to two persons described in that deed as husband and wife, which conveyance purported to be to them as tenants by the entirety, created a joint tenancy if the grantees in fact were not legally married.

The genesis of this dispute was a trip to Texas by Dollie Collins Smith in 1952. Her daughter claimed this trip was "to procure a divorce under threats that, if she did not do so, O. Thaxter Smith would seek a divorce on his own in another jurisdiction and deprive Dollie Smith of any and all financial support.”…