Swink v. Fingado

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• indicating that “or” is a conjunction and that “the alternatives are not necessarily mutually exclusive”
• stating that “a statute which clarifies existing law may properly be regarded as having retroactive effect”
• stating that when property is held in joint tenancy form, “either joint tenant [may convey] his or her fractional interest without the consent of the other.”
• discussing the different forms of joint ownership of property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, within the context of community property interests of husband and wife
• finding that transmutation requires evidence of intent
• legislature’s intent in enacting a statute means the purpose of the law — the objective the legislature has sought to accomplish

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).