Chapter 11

COL12010621GCA REAL PROPERTY CH.11OBLIGATIONS OF OWNERS 1CHAPTER 11 OBLIGATI ONS OF OWNERS § 11101. Duties of Tenant for Life. § 11102. Monuments and Fences. § 11103. Ditches and Flumes, Mutual Liability. § 11104. Neglect to Pay Proportion of Expense, Liable. § 11101. Duties of Tenant for Life. The owner of a l ife estate must keep the buildings and fences in repair from ordinary waste, and must pay the taxes and other annual charge s, and a just proportion of extraordinary assessments benefiting the whole inheritance. SOURCE: CC '840. § 11102. Monuments and Fence s. Coterminous owners are mutually bound equally to maintain: (a) The boundaries and monuments bet ween them; (b) The fences between them, unless one of them chooses to let his land lie without fencing; in which case, if he afterwards encloses it, he must refund to the other a just proportion of the value, at that time, of any division fence made by the latter. SOURCE: CC '841. § 11103. Ditches and Flumes, Mutual Liability. When two or more persons are associated by agreement in the use of a ditch, flume, pi peline, or other conduit for the conveyance of water, or who are using such ditch, flume, pipe line, or other

ty. When two or more persons are associated by agreement in the use of a ditch, flume, pi peline, or other conduit for the conveyance of water, or who are using such ditch, flume, pipe line, or other conduit, or any part thereof, for the irrigation of land or for any other lawful purpose, to the construction of which they or their grantors hav e contributed, he is liable to the others for the reasonable expenses of maintaining and repairing the same, and of distributing such water in proportion to the share to which he is entitled in the use of the water. SOURCE: CC '842. § 11104. Neglect to Pay Proportion of Expense, Liable. If any one of them neglects, after demand in writing, to pay his proportion of such expenses, he is liable therefor in an action for COL12010621GCA REAL PROPERTY CH.11OBLIGATIONS OF OWNERS 2contribution, and in any judgment obtained against him interest from the time of such deman d may be included. The action authorized by this sec tion must be brought by any or all of the parties who have contributed more than his or their just proportion of such expenses, and may be joint or several, and therein plaintiff may recover costs, to be fixed by the court.

any or all of the parties who have contributed more than his or their just proportion of such expenses, and may be joint or several, and therein plaintiff may recover costs, to be fixed by the court. SOURCE: CC '843. ----------COL120106