Hayes v. Siple

This is a bill in equity praying for an injunction and for other relief, involving the basic question whether a certain warranty deed to real estate be construed as a conveyance to the grantees therein as joint tenants and not as tenants in common. After a hearing upon bill, answer and evidence, a justice of the superior court construed the deed as creating a joint tenancy and accordingly a final decree was entered. The cause is before us on the respondent’s appeal from that decree.

The deed in evidence was made out on a printed form which had blank spaces to be filled in as the case required.…