I urge you to bring the deed in question to an attorney to review.  I believe that the deed here has a survivorship portion attached to the joint tenancy but it generally states "with rights of survivorship."  So the "or survivor" throws me a little.  Generally speaking, if there are two joint tenants, and one dies, the other becomes sole owner of the interest that the two of them had previously held jointly.  So if the content of the house were held jointly - like as a husband and wife - then pass to the other.  But if the parties were not married and had assets that were held separately - but for the house - then I would assume that the contents did not pass with the house.  Again, the facts here are important and they need to be understood in conjunction with reading the deed.  Good luck.