In the Matter of the Estate of Hannah Blumenthal, Deceased. Gustav Blumenthal, as Executors of Alfred…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals held that a purchase‑money bond and mortgage executed to husband and wife are personal property held as tenants in common, each owning an equal share, and therefore reversed the lower courts' orders granting the survivor sole ownership. Justice McLaughlin dissented, arguing that survivorship should apply.