The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 26, Problem 7BCP
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Case summary: The person A and D owned three properties in joint tenancy. After their divorce, the court didn’t change the tenancy in property. During divorce proceedings, A executed a will and asserted that “the property in my name will pass to the survivor”. After 4 years, A’s brother C asserted that A’s interest in the properties were part of the estate. D said that the sole interest in the properties was hers.
To find:The owner of the property.
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