Beal v. Beal

*117HOWELL, J.

This is an appeal from a decree fixing the interests of the plaintiff, Raymond Beal, and the defendant, Barbara Beal, in a residence in Portland. The trial court found that the parties each owned an undivided one-half interest in the property. The plaintiff appeals.

As the Beals were not husband and wife at any time relevant to this suit, this is the first time this court has been asked to decide the principles to be applied in determining the property rights of the parties in property accumulated while they were living together unmarried.1

The parties were divorced in March, 1972.…