Rinehart v. Schubel

[¶ 1] Max Schubel appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Pisca-taquis County, Mills, J.) following a bench trial ordering the sale rather than the partition of an island jointly owned by Schubel, Jennifer Rinehart and Anita Marin. Schubel contends that the court erred in denying his request for a jury and a view, finding that Rinehart and Marin had not abandoned their property rights, finding the island’s fair market value to be $200,000, concluding the island should be sold instead of partitioned, and rejecting his claim to compensation for his contributions to the property.…