Court Opinion

ID: 9852298
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 05:28:00.576232+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:25.139667
License: Public Domain

McALLISTER, C. J.,
dissenting.
I agree with the majority that Wenker v. Landon, 161 Or 265, 88 P2d 971 (1939), should he in part overruled. However, I believe it would be more equitable in cases such as this to hold that the tenancy by the entirety is converted into a tenancy in common in the wrongdoer, or his successors, and the heirs of the victim. This can he accomplished by imposing a constructive trust as to one-half of the property. See Bradley v. Fox, 7 Ill2d 106, 129 NE2d 699 (1955). I, therefore, dissent.