| Court: | WI Supreme Court |
| Facts: | Martin and Stella are separated, and want to partition their property (to which he has made the larger contributions). For some reason, divorce isn't an option. |
| Posture: | Trial court says the property should be divided equally |
| Issue: | Should joint owners take equally, regardless of their contributions? |
| Holding: | Not necessarily. Reversed. |
| Rule: | We begin with a presumption of equality, but that is rebuttable. |
| Reasoning: | You can prove that contributions were unequal, but you can consider the value of dower and curtesy rights. |
| Dicta: | |