Watford v. Hale

410 So.2d 885 (1982)

Myrtle Henley WATFORD

v.

Wilfred HALE, et al.

80-718.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 5, 1982.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 1982.

William M. Lyon, Jr. of McFadden, Riley & Parker, Mobile, for appellant.

Thomas H. Boggs, Jr. of Lloyd, Dinning & Boggs, Demopolis, for appellees.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment, adjudging that the 1975 divorce decree which dissolved the marriage of James and Myrtle Hale also severed their joint tenancy with right of survivorship in certain real estate and created a tenancy in common between them in that property.

In April of 1970, while…