Case Name: COOLEY, Respondent, Cross-Appellant, v. SUNDERMAN, Appellant, Cross-Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1979-03-19
Citations: 39 Or. App. 365
Docket Number: No. 97961, CA 11157
Parties: COOLEY, Respondent, Cross-Appellant, v. SUNDERMAN, Appellant, Cross-Respondent.
Judges: Before Schwab, Chief Judge, Buttler, Joseph, Judges, and Tongue, Judge Pro Tempore.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 39
Pages: 365–367

Head Matter:
Argued January 25,
affirmed March 19, 1979
COOLEY, Respondent, Cross-Appellant, v. SUNDERMAN, Appellant, Cross-Respondent.
(No. 97961, CA 11157)
592 P2d 268
James O. Garrett, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Garrett, Seideman, Hemann & Robertson, P.C., Salem.
David H. Leonard, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were T. W. Churchill, and Churchill & Leonard, Salem.
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, Buttler, Joseph, Judges, and Tongue, Judge Pro Tempore.
JOSEPH, J.

Opinion:
JOSEPH, J.
The trial court correctly ruled that respondent was accountable to appellant (his co-tenant and former wife) for the reasonable rental value of her share of the property in question after marital difficulties made continued co-occupancy infeasible. Palmer v. Protrka, 257 Or 23, 476 P2d 185 (1970); Beal v. Beal, 282 Or 115, 577 P2d 507 (1978). Neither party has demonstrated that the trial court's determination of reasonable rental value, which was necessarily based on conflicting and imprecise evidence, was in error.
Affirmed.