Dodd v. Hinton

William R. Dodd seeks to overturn a decision of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, which denied his request for contribution from his ex-wife in a forced sale of jointly-owned real estate. The appellant had filed a partition suit, seeking sale of the property and recovery from the appel-lee’s share of the proceeds an amount equal to one-half of the money spent by him to purchase the property during the marriage. The circuit court held that absent any agreement to the contrary, these payments by him were presumed to be a gift; and denied his request. For the reasons set forth below, we…