Bonner v. Arnold’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““It is clear * * * that if the law would require contribution from the mother’s estate for one-half the debt, the estate would receive no benefit because at the time of the mother’s death the entire property vested solely in the son. Contribution is an equitable remedy used to prevent unjust enrichment. If it were applied in this case, it would result in unjust enrichment rather than prevent it. If the property had been held as tenants in common and the estate paid half of the joint obligation, the estate would benefit by an increase in its equity. In this ease, however, the estate would be $20,000 poorer, with nothing to show for the expenditure.” Id. at 291 . (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mellor v. O'Connor