Newton v. Newton

OPINION

CAPERTON, Judge:

The Appellants are representatives of the Estate of Clara Sanders. Sanders was slain by Appellee, James R. Newton, who was convicted on a plea of guilty for reckless homicide. At issue between the par*567ties is a title dispute between the Estate and Newton over the property they held jointly with right of survivorship.

On May 20, 2007, Sanders was on the premises she and Newton owned in joint tenancy with right of survivorship.1 The two had lived on the property together as unmarried cohabitants for some time. On that date, they had thrown a party for Sanders’s grandchild.…