Butler v. Butler

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we must decide whether the lower court’s decree imposing a constructive trust upon the *525parties’ entireties property in favor of the wife-appellee should be sustained.

Appellee, Leslie A. Butler, and appellant, William L. Butler, married on March 27, 1968. In May of the following year, the parties took title to a parcel of land as tenants by the entireties for the recited consideration of $1,600.00. Subsequently, they erected a modular home on the land, bringing their total investment to $22,000.-00, exclusive of the labor contributed by…