Dutton v. Buckley

This case presents some peculiar features. The plaintiff is anxious to sell the property and the defendant is perfectly willing to buy it and pay the price, but hesitates to pay the large sum of $9,200 in the present state of the title. . The sole question is: What estate did the peculiar deed executed by the husband and wife create in the property? A tenancy by the entirety exists whenever a deed is made to the husband and wife as such, it being held in this state that in such a conveyance the matrimonial unity of the husband and wife constitutes them as one person for the purpose of…