§ 34-3-1 - Tenancy in common presumed in conveyances. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 34-3-1

   § 34-3-1  Tenancy in common presumed inconveyances. – All gifts, feoffments, grants, conveyances, devises or legacies, of real orpersonal estate, which shall be made to two (2) or more persons, whether theybe husband and wife or otherwise, shall be deemed to create a tenancy in commonand not a joint tenancy, unless it be declared that the tenancy is to be joint,or that the conveyance is to those persons and the survivors or survivor ofthem, or to them as trustees or executors, or unless the intention manifestlyappears that the persons shall take as joint tenants and not as tenants incommon.