Vargo v. Adams

BENHAM, Justice.

The parties to this appeal were previously a couple, though unmarried. Appellant Adam Vargo purchased the real property in which the parties formerly resided in his own name as sole owner, and executed a purchase money mortgage on it. Shortly thereafter, Vargo executed a warranty deed conveying the property to himself and appellee Brittany E. Adams as joint tenants with the right of survi-vorship. The couple broke up, and Vargo filed a petition for statutory partition, which was later amended to dismiss that claim and substitute a claim for equitable partition. Vargo testified…