Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1829

Gwinneth v. Thompson

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1829

26 Mass. 31

Opinion of the Court

The Court

said, that if a tenant in common has expended money for the general benefit and it does not bring in ques-

*33..on the title to the land,1 he may recover in assumpsit of his co-tenant the sum expended by him beyond his just proportion.2

See Miller v. Miller, 7 Pick. (2d ed.) 136, note 1.

See 4 Kent’s Comm. (3d ed.) 370,371.

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