Jones v. Graphia

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Two unmarried, romantically involved people bought a house together as joint tenants. The man paid the purchase price for the home, and the woman paid nothing. Later when the relationship soured, he filed suit in chancery court to partite the property. The chancellor awarded him the entire amount he had paid for the house, giving his former lover and joint tenant nothing. She appeals. Finding no error in the chancellor’s judgment, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. Anthony Graphia and Carolyn Jones were romantically involved, but never married. Each lived in Louisiana. On…