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In July 1957, A. Frank Jones and Grace A. Jones by general warranty deed, conveyed fee simple title to 23 acres of land to Kenneth

In July 1957, A. Frank Jones and Grace A. Jones by general warranty deed, conveyed fee simple title to 23 acres of land to Kenneth Quick, Robert Quick, and Robert bean as joint tenants with right of survivorship (JTWROS). Kenneth Quick died April 27, 1972, and title to the property vested in Robert Quick and Robert Bean as the surviving JTWROS. On June 14, 1979, Bean executed an oil and gas lease on the property to Paul H. Gerrie & Associates, Inc. On September 15, 1979, Quick gave a similar oil and gas lease to Gerrie. Both leases were recorded on September 20, 1979. The leases Bean and Quick executed are identical, except the Bean lease contains a typewritten addition that states, "Should any question of property ownership or royalty disbursements [sic] arise, the Lessor had agreed to accept full responsibility." The Quick lease does not contain this clause. After drilling commenced, all royalties were paid to Bean and Quick with each receiving one-half of the one-eight (one-sixteenth) of the royalties from drilling. These payments continued until Quick dies September 25, 1981; after that date, the royalties were paid in the same amount, one-sixteenth each to Bean and the Estate of Quick. In 1992, Bean, through his attorney, Marilyn Bean Jeffers, transferred the property to Jeffers. Since 1992, one-sixteenth of the royalties have been paid to Jeffers, and one-sixteenth of the royalties have been held in escrow pending resolution of ownership interests. Jeffers says title to the property vested in Bean upon Quick's death. She requested the court to quiet title and require Quick's estate to account for funds received as royalties under the lease. Robert Quick's sons and heirs allege that the JTWROS between Bean and Quick was severed by Bean's June 14, 1979 oil and gas lease to Gerrie, and therefore title to the property did not vest in Bean upon the death of Quick, since Bean and Quick held property as tenants in common. Explain who is correct, who owns how much, and why. In re Estate of Quick, 905 A.2d 471 (Pa. 2006)

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