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847.05

847.05 Actions between cotenants. One joint tenant or tenant in common, or his or her personal representative, may maintain an action for money had and received against a cotenant for receiving more than the cotenant's just proportion of the rents or profits of the estate owned by them as joint tenants or tenants in common.

847.05 - ANNOT.

History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 768 (1975); 1993 a. 486; 2001 a. 102.

847.05 - ANNOT.

Rental payments may be due when the conduct of one cotenant results in the ouster of the other. Heyse v. Heyse, 47 Wis. 2d 27, 176 N.W.2d 316 (1970).