Bowart v. Bowart’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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1. “Appellee is correct in maintaining that she is entitled to reimbursement for the separate funds she expended on property known as the Barnes property. The trial court found there was a gift of one-half of the property to appellant when title was taken in joint tenancy with right of survivorship. Both parties testified there was no agreement regarding the division of the property nor for reimbursement of the wife’s contribution. When one joint tenant expends sums to benefit the other joint tenant, as appellee did here by using her separate funds to pay the joint obligation, the paying joint tenant is entitled to reimbursement. Graham v. Allen, 11 Ariz.App. 207 , 463 P.2d 102 (1970); 20 Am.Jur.2d, Cotenan-cy and Joint Ownership Sec. 58 at 147. Appellee is therefore entitled to a reimbursement in the amount of $15,457.24.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Valladee v. Valladee · In Re Marriage of Berger