Cates v. Swain

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Mona Cates and Elizabeth Swain were involved in an intimate relationship with one another and cohabited for over five years in three different states. After Swain moved out of Cates’s Tate County, *1075Mississippi, home, Swain sued Cates seeking various equitable remedies.

¶ 2. We affirm the chancellor’s denial of Swain’s claim that, based on their living arrangement, Swain was entitled to an interest in Cates’s house through a constructive and/or resulting trust. But we hold the chancellor exceeded his discretion in finding Cates had been unjustly enriched by Swain’s…