Wambeke v. Hopkin

This court ’has previously held that a conveyance to two persons who are husband and wife at the time property vests in them creates an estate by entireties. Peters v. Dona, 49 Wyo. 306, 54 P.2d 817; Ward Terry and Company v. Hensen, 75 Wyo. 444, 297 P.2d 213; Amick v. Elwood, 77 Wyo. 269, 314 P.2d 944.

The essential characteristics of an estate by the entireties are: (1) It can occur only between husband and wife and because, in contemplation of law, they are one person; (2) each is seized of all and not by one-half, or by any other portion of the property, as, for instance, in the case of an…