Getchell v. Tinker

Prior to and on December 11, 1922, Albert T. Getchell and Ella Getchell, husband and wife, were the owners as tenants by the entireties of lots 3 and 4, block 31, original plat of the city of Mount Pleasant, Michigan. On the date mentioned, the parties being then estranged, they entered into a property settlement agreement, which was recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county of Isabella, paragraph 4 of said agreement providing as follows:

“It is mutually agreed that in the event of the death of one party hereto before the other, the title and ownership of the deceased…