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BONNER v. ARNOLD

TC 78-120-P, CA 26113, SC 29799.

676 P.2d 290 (1984)

296 Or. 259

In the matter of the Estate of Ruth Esther Arnold, Deceased, Margaret Alice BONNER, William Harold Webb, Glen Alan Webb, Richard Lee Webb, Objectors-Petitioners On Review, v. John Douglas ARNOLD, Personal Representative-Respondent On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided January 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wally P. Martin, Grants Pass, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioners on review.

Harrison R. Winston, Roseburg, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review.

CAMPBELL, Justice.

This case presents the question whether a decedent's estate is liable for contribution to the surviving tenant toward a debt secured by real property which passes to the joint owner and obligor by right of survivorship. We hold that it is not.

Ruth Arnold and her son, John Arnold, purchased real property together, holding it as joint tenants with a right of survivorship.1 At the time of Ruth Arnold's death the...

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