Dewey v. Lambier

Citations

• 7 Cal. 347

Syllabus

<p>Joint-tenants must join in an action for possession of land jointly held. The failure to do so is fatal to a recovery.</p> <p>The amendatory act of 1855, concerning conveyances, abolishing joint-tenancies, except when expressly declared, can only apply to future, and not to past conveyances.</p> <p>The Legislature is without power to affect past contracts, or to alter or destroy the nature or tenure of estates.</p> <p>The case of Cohas v. Raisin, 3 Cal., 443, affirmed.</p>