Legal Opinion
Martinez v. Martinez
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided November 27, 1981No. 80CA0087PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COYTE, Judge.
Plaintiff, Elfego Martinez, appeals from a judgment entered in a partition suit. We reverse.
Plaintiff and J. Paul Martinez (defendant), brothers, purchased a 320-acre farm in Alamosa County in 1946 for which they agreed to pay $13,000. They took title to the property as tenants in common. The evidence is clear that they intended to own the property equally, each owning an undivided one-half interest. The property was purchased some 33 years prior to the commencement of this action. There was a three bedroom house on the farm which they occupied with their respective wives. From…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Cochran v. BurdickDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1937
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