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Sanford v. Bertrau

Citations

  • 204 Mich. 244
  • 169 N.W. 880
  • 1918 Mich. LEXIS 669

How courts have described this case

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

  • “We think the better doctrine is that the right of survivorship is merely an incident of an estate by entirety, and does not constitute a remainder, either vested or contingent.”
  • It is well settled in Michigan that “land held by husband and wife as tenants by entirety is not subject to levy under execution on judgment rendered against either husband or wife alone.”

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Judges: Bird, Brooke, Kuhn, Moore, Ostrander, Steere, Stone

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