Sanderson v. Saxon

H. JEFFERSON HERBERT, Jr., Special Justice.

At issue in this case is whether one of two joint tenants may unilaterally destroy the right of the other to receive the full real property interest upon the death of the first. The trial court held that neither joint tenant had such power. The Court of Appeals reversed. We granted discretionary review.

On June 19, 1985, Carrie Davis conveyed a house and lot in Mayfield, Kentucky, to Willie Mae Redden and Wilbur Ray Sander-son, in survivorship. The granting clause of that General Warranty Deed read as follows:

I, Carrie Davis, single, have sold and…