Coggan v. Coggan

After Mr. and Mrs. Coggan (defendant and plaintiff) divorced, they became tenants in common of an office building Mr. Coggan continued to use exclusively as his office; Mr. Coggan testified he privately believed the building was solely his and that Mrs. Coggan wasn't a true owner, but he never communicated that belief to her. When Mrs. Coggan filed for a partition sale, the trial court ordered an accounting in her favor for half the building's rental value dating back to the divorce, and the court of appeals affirmed.