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Around that same time decedent conferred with Mr. McReady
about other alternatives. Decedent inquired whether she could
live at Primrose with her dogs and pay rent that she could
finance by either renting or selling Western. The McReadys were
not willing to board her dogs, because they already had two dogs
of their own. Further discussions and negotiations resulted in
an agreement under which decedent agreed to deed Western to the
McReadys, and Mr. McReady would manage the rental activity at
Bradley for decedent. It was also understood that decedent would
live with the McReadys at Primrose, that decedent’s dogs could
remain at Western, and that the McReadys’ daughters would reside
at Western during breaks from college and after their
graduations. It was also expressly understood that as long as
the McReady children used Western, decedent would have access to
visit and care for her dogs.
Decedent did not execute a deed to Western until November
1990, when she deeded Western to herself and her niece Mrs.
McReady as joint tenants. The transfer by deed did not take
place until almost 4 years after the agreement because of Mr.
McReady’s request for a delay. He was the subject of a lawsuit
and did not wish to have additional property in his name. Mr.
McReady was not made a joint tenant of Western. At the time of
the transfer by deed, it was agreed to make decedent a joint
tenant on Western in order to continue to take advantage of
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