Brown v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 19 state decisions

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1. “"The rule of law governing such a situation, as announced by this court, is found in Ammerman v. Crozier, 37 Ariz. 181 , 291 P. 995 , wherein we said, quoting from 31 Corpus Juris 34, section 1123: 'As a general rule, when the separate funds of the other spouse or the community funds are expended in improvements on the separate property of one of the spouses, the title to the improvements follows the land, in the absence of any specific agreement to the contrary...Under this rule, the lots being the separate property of the plaintiff, the improvements put thereon became a part of the realty and also the separate property of the plaintiff.” Brown, 58 Ariz. at 337-38 , 119 P.2d at 940 (emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harper v. Harper

2. ““There is some question as to whether the $5,000 note and mortgage signed by the husband and wife was a community debt or the separate debt of the husband, but we think that it makes no difference since, when the wife signed the note jointly with her husband, she became obligated equally with him for its payment. It might be that if it were a community debt, it would be a first charge against the community property but, if the community were unable to pay the note, then the separate property of the signers would be obligated to pay it.” Brown v. Brown, 58 Ariz. 333, 337 , 119 P.2d 938, 940 (1941).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Majewski v. Eyre