Question

Zeus wanted to convey Mount Olympus to Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, and Athena in equal shares. On July 1, he saw Artemis, Aphrodite, and Athena and gave them their conveyance stating to Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, and Athena a 1/4 interest in Mount Olympus as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. On July 4, Zeus gave Ares his corresponding conveyance. Two months later, Ares died in battle, leaving two sons (his heirs). The following month Athena transferred her share in Mount Olympus to Dionysos. Who owns Ares's share of Mount Olympus upon his death? Dionysis O Zeus O Aphrodite O Ares's two sons O Athena • Previous Next

Answer 1

Answer: Ares’s two sons

Explanation:

All the four hold Mount Olympus as tenants in common because they did not meet all of the four unities for joint tenancy. The unities of the joint tenancy are time, title, possession, and interest. In this case, the unities are not met because they did not acquire it at the same time. While everyone else received it on July 1, Ares received it on July 4.

Assuming that Ares received it at the same time and Ares wrote a will and left his share to his two sons as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, Ares's two sons will own the share of their father as a joint tenancy (their share is 1/2 of Ares's 1/4 share = 1/8)