The deed under which the defendant claims having been made to him and his wife, they took an estate by entirety, which carried with it the right of survivorship, and neither acting alone could by deed destroy this right, or affect the estate of the other (Freeman v. Belfer, 173 N. C. 581, 92 S. E. 48C, L. R. A. 1917E, 886); but, while this is so, during the joint lives of the husband and wife the husband is entitled to the control and use of the land as his own property.