In Re Estate of Potthoff

How courts have described this case

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

• existing estate in joint tenancy can be destroyed by act of one joint tenant which is inconsistent with joint tenancy and that such act has effect of destroying right of survivorship incidental to it
• each tenant in joint tenancy owns whole of property and deceased tenant’s interest passes to surviving tenant upon death, not by virtue of deceased’s will
• each tenant in joint tenancy owns whole of property and deceased tenant’s interest passes to surviving tenant upon death, not by virtue of deceased’s will
• order in proceedings for computation of probate estate final because it completely resolved separate issue of whether deceased’s interest in property was part of probate estate and matter could not be effectively considered in appeal from final judgment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).