The parties, brother and sister, disputed the ownership of a property previously owned by their late father.
The father had originally transferred the property into joint tenancy with the son.
Years later, the father unilaterally severed the joint tenancy and transferred his resulting one-half interest to the daughter.
The son sought to set aside the transfer, arguing it was procured by the daughter's undue influence and that the original joint tenancy was an irrevocable inter vivos gift.
The court dismissed the son's claims, finding that a joint tenancy can be unilaterally severed and that the father, while elderly, acted independently and was not under the daughter's dominating influence.
An accounting of the property's rental income and expenses was ordered.
