Burt v. Skrzyniarz

Sears, Justice.

Appellant Paul Burt appeals from a jury’s determination that he and his co-tenant, Nancy Skrzyniarz, possessed equal ownership interests in the Chatham County home they shared. Contrary to Burt’s enumerations on appeal, we find no error in the trial court’s instructions concerning the presumptions attending a tenancy in common and the possibility of a purchase money resulting trust. Therefore, we affirm.

Burt and Skrzyniarz began seeing one another in 1990, and in 1997 took possession of a home located in Dutch Island, Georgia. It is conceded that the parties took possession of…