Joint tenant or tenant in common against cotenant. Any joint tenant or tenant in common may maintain an action for waste committed by his cotenant, or in a suit for a partition, or a sale for purpose of partition may have said waste charged against the share of the cotenant committing the same. (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1433, ch. 854, § 1622.) Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 45-1204. 1973 Ed., § 45-1304.
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