Dougherty v. Hovater

Plaintiff appeals from a decree dividing certain property between himself and his late wife's daughter. We reverse in part and remand.

The plaintiff, Earl J. Dougherty, married Annie Lee Dougherty ("decedent") in 1966. She had a daughter by a previous marriage, the defendant, Doris Ann Hovater. At the time of her second marriage, the decedent owned a house. In 1970 she conveyed this house to herself and her husband, the plaintiff, as joint tenants with right of survivorship. In 1973 the plaintiff's aunt died and left a will by which the plaintiff and his wife received certain corporate stock.…