Cross v. Cross

How courts have described this case

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

• describing Massachusetts’s longstanding preference for tenancy in common unless instrument “expressly provides” for joint tenancy and intent to that effect “plainly appears” in deed
• under similar Massachusetts statute, joint tenancy created only when it “plainly appears” from words used
• “If Thomas and William had taken as joint tenants, and nothing had been said as to the aliquot portion of their interests, they would have been equally entitled.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kipp v. Chips Estate
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-02-26· cited 65×
• Witzel v. Witzel
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1963-10-29· cited 30×
• C. & W. Dyeing & Cleaning Co. Inc. v. DeQuattro
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-07-11· cited 16×
• New England Trust Co. v. Faxon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-12-05· cited 11×
• Moat v. Ducharme
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-06-29· cited 8×
• Hurley v. A'Hearn
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-03-13· cited 7×
• Braunstein v. Crawford (In Re Crawford)
  D. Massachusetts· 2011-06-30· cited 7×
• Wolfe v. Sprouse
  W.D. Virginia· 1995-06-21· cited 6×
• Fulton v. Katsowney
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-05-01· cited 4×
• Selig v. Kopsiaftis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-02-27· cited 3×
• Russo v. Russo
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1975-06-26· cited 3×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bernatavicius v. Bernatavicius
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1927-05-20· cited 76×
• Pineo v. White
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-12-02· cited 75×
• Jose v. Lyman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-06-01· cited 47×
• Hoag v. Hoag
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1912-10-16· cited 39×
• Shattuck v. Wall
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1899-07-06· cited 21×
• Ball v. Holland
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1905-10-19· cited 21×
• Mills v. Blakelin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-12-30· cited 19×
• Galloupe v. Blake
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-02-28· cited 18×
• Kruger v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-09-15· cited 18×
• Gaunt v. Stevens
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1909-10-26· cited 18×
• Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Doolan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-11-02· cited 17×
• Park v. Parker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1914-01-09· cited 14×
• McInnes v. Spillane
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1933-03-31· cited 11×
• Jewett v. Brown
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-03-01· cited 11×
• Sullivan v. Sullivan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-07-03· cited 10×
• Bamford v. Hathaway
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-05-29· cited 9×