Cunningham Vs Hastings Case Study

(Cheeseman2013) In the case of Cunningham v. Hastings, Mr. Hastings and Mrs. Cunningham, was an unmarried couple, purchased a home together. Mr. Hastings put $45,000 down payment toward the home out of his pocket. When it came to how the deed established the deed stated Hastings Cunningham as joint tenants with the right of survivorship. The couple occupied the property jointly. When the relationship between the two ended, Mr. Hastings seized sole possession of the property. Mrs. Cunningham filed a complaint seeking partition of the real estate. Based on its determination that the property could not be split, the trial court ordered it to be sold. The trial court further ordered that $45,000 of the sale proceeds be paid to Mr. Hastings to reimburse