Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Dessel
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided July 19, 2017No. A144212PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRivera, J.
*593Defendants Jennifer Dessel and her daughter, Emily Seal, were half-owners of an investment property; plaintiff Gayle S. Cummings owned the other half. After disputes arose, Cummings sued seeking partition of the property. Following a bench trial, and over the objection of Dessel and Seal, the court ordered partition of the property by the appraisal method-that is, each half-owner could bid to purchase the other half-owner's interest, with the minimum bid set by appraisal. Dessel and Seal appealed.
In the published portion of the opinion, we conclude the trial court erred when it ordered…
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