Tarkington v. Tarkington

COPELAND, Justice.

Before this Court, plaintiff argues that the trial court failed to apply properly the presumption, well-established in this State, that when a wife furnishes the consideration for the purchase of property she did not intend to make a gift to her husband of an entirety interest. Instead, the law presumes that she had title conveyed in this form with the intent that the husband hold such an interest in trust for her. Overby v. Overby, 272 N.C. 636, 158 S.E. 2d 799 (1968); Wise v. Raynor, 200 N.C. 567, 157 S.E. 853 (1931); Deese v. Deese, 176 N.C. 527, 97 S.E. 475 (1918).

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