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· 12/29/1983

Arbesman v. Winer

Citations

  • 468 A.2d 633
  • 298 Md. 282
  • 1983 Md. LEXIS 342

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that when a husband and wife own property as tenants by the entireties, each spouse has an equal right to profits derived from the property
  • discussing at length the nature of the estate and reviewing cases illustrative of its continuing validity in Maryland
  • referring to “a ‘team theory’ approach to the tenancy by the entireties estate”
  • “We have said that the nature of the tenants by the entirety estate is that . . . they must act together to sell their property, to lease it, or to subject it to any encumbrance.”
  • where only the husband gave notice of termination of lease to tenant at will, his subsequent action for repossession of the premises held by him as a tenant by the entirety with his wife cannot be maintained
  • they “hold by the entirety and not by the moieties”

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Judges: Smith

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