Stoffal v. Jarvis

Citations

• 235 Pa. 50
• 83 A. 609
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 497

Syllabus

<p>Partition — Husband and wife — Deed—Entireties.</p> <p>When land is held in common by a married woman and others, and they all join in a partition, and her share is conveyed to her and her husband, the law looks at the character of the transaction, rather than at the form of the conveyance, in order to define her interest, and considers the share as still hers, a divided share being substituted for an undivided one.</p>