No. 15,312 | Ind. | Nov 12, 1890
— The only question presented by this record is, whether tenants in common of a life-estate in land can maintain a suit for partition.
In equity, and at law, it has always been held that tenants in common of a life-estate in land may have compulsory partition. Freeman Co-Tenancy and Partition, section 455. Our statute has not changed this rule. Shaw v. Beers, 84 Ind. 528" date_filed="1882-11-15" court="Ind." case_name="Shaw v. Beers">84 Ind. 528; Swain v. Hardin, 64 Ind. 85" date_filed="1878-11-15" court="Ind." case_name="Swain v. Hardin">64 Ind. 85 ; Russell v. Russell, 48 Ind. 456" date_filed="1874-11-15" court="Ind." case_name="Russell v. Russell">48 Ind. 456; Longlois v. Longlois, 48 Ind. 60" date_filed="1874-11-15" court="Ind." case_name="Longlois v. Longlois">48 Ind. 60.
Judgment affirmed.